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From The Washington Post: By N.C. Aizenman, Published: September 10 Across the country, states are lagging in preparations to erect the health insurance marketplaces at the heart of the 2010 health-care overhaul, bogged down by a combination of partisan hostility and practical hurdles. Faced with the delay, administration officials have been ramping up talks with state…
From The Atlantic: Reuters By Andrew Cohen Sep 9 2011, 2:10 PM ET The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state of Virgina has no case to sue the government over federal heath care reform. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave a double victory Thursday to the White House, the Justice…
From Politico: People will only understand the law when it becomes tangible for them, Drew Altman said. | AP Photo By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 8/29/11 12:24 PM EDT About half of the uninsured Americans who stand to benefit the most from the health care reform law aren’t aware of how the legislation is designed to…
From The Huffington Post: By Wendell Potter In his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is perpetuating a convincing hoax: that implementing Texas-style tort reform would go a long way toward curing what ails the U.S. health care system. Like his fellow GOP contenders, Perry consistently denounces “Obamacare” as “a…
From The Washington Post: By Sarah Kliff Health reform’s individual mandate does not get a lot of love. The mandate – which requires most Americans to purchase health insurance come 2014 – polls horribly, is thought by many to be unconstitutional and, from a policy perspective, often derided as too weak to actually prod us…
From The Washington Post: By Jonathan Bernstein Here’s your counterintuitive thought for the day: Perhaps slow implementation might actually save the Affordable Care Act instead of killing it. New polling on the Democrats’ health-care law, nicely explained by Sarah Kliff, shows that “both sides … are losing the message war.” That is, Democrats are somewhat…
From The State: By GINA SMITH – [email protected] Gov. Nikki Haley said she will let federal deadlines slip by and not accept millions in federal funds to help South Carolina set up its own health insurance exchange. Health insurance exchanges, the centerpiece of federal health care reform, are online marketplaces, to be set up by…
From The Young Invincibles: Back-to-school season is full of changes: heading to campus, choosing new classes, meeting new friends. But what about finding the right health insurance? If you’re going back to school, or know someone who is, check out our Back-To-School Toolkit on health care. The free online “Toolkit” breaks down student options for…
Preventive Services Covered by Private Health Plans Under the ACA The Affordable Care Act created new requirements that private insurers cover preventive services, including routine immunizations, screenings for conditions such as cancer and high cholesterol, and preventive services for women. A new fact sheet from the Kaiser Family Foundation outlines these prevention requirements and discusses…
From The New Yorker: As the Justice has assumed an influential role on the Roberts Court, his wife has helped lead the public war against the Administration. ILLUSTRATION: PHILIP BURKE By Jeffrey Toobin August 29, 2011 It has been, in certain respects, a difficult year for Clarence Thomas. In January, he was compelled to amend several…
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