Oped: ACA

July 2, 2012

RomneyCare by the Numbers

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2902104/posts -According to the Beacon Hill Institute the RomneyCare plan has increased total health insurance costs by $4.3 Billion. -The Kiaser Family Foundation recently found that Massachusetts health insurance premiums are now the highest in the nation. This has come about since...
July 1, 2012

Column: Supreme Court issues another head-scratching decision

http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1483813422/Column-Supreme-Court-issues-another-head-scratching-decision In a nutshell (literally): In Kelo v. City of New London, five nutty justices ruled that government can take property from private owners who resist selling their homes and small businesses, and give it to private developers as part of a...
July 1, 2012

Control of costs a test for overhaul

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/07/01/court_approval_of_health_law_sets_national_stage_for_the_cost_limits_that_massachusetts_is_seeking/?page=3 Just as the health care overhaul in Massachusetts is widely accepted as the model for the national bill upheld as constitutional Thursday by the US Supreme Court, it is also seen by many as a model and a caution for the...
June 29, 2012

Hospital leaders see little impact in Mass. from high-court ruling

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_20971016/hospital-leaders-see-little-impact-mass-from-high While much of the country held its breath as the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health-care law was handed down Thursday, hospital leaders in Massachusetts said the ruling would have little impact here. Massachusetts Democrats praised the...
June 28, 2012

Court decision may not disrupt implementation - High political stakes for SCOTUS ruling - ACA advocates on tenterhooks - Senate GOP won't party if law is tossed

http://www.politico.com/politicopulse/0612/politicopulse775.html IT’S HERE – Today is THE day. No more waiting, no more “what ifs?” to ponder. Two years, three months and five days after the first lawsuits against the Affordable Care Act were filed — the same day it became law...
June 28, 2012

Previous rulings stir skepticism of Supreme Court's ability to resolve major issues

http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x1058723505/Previous-rulings-stir-skepticism-of-Supreme-Courts-ability-to-resolve-major-issues I’d try to make an intelligent guess about what the Supreme Court will do about Obamacare, if not for the court’s 2005 Kelo decision. In a nutshell (literally): In Kelo v. City of New London, five nutty justices ruled that government...
June 28, 2012

Supreme Court ruling also seen as win for Mass.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06-28/supreme-court-ruling-also-seen-as-win-for-mass-dot BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, including the individual insurance requirement at the heart of the law, is being hailed as a vindication for Massachusetts. Massachusetts laid the groundwork for the...
June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: 16 Experts Weigh in

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2900718/posts It’s the end of liberty! It’s the beginning of freedom! Either way you slice it, the court’s ruling on Thursday was momentous. I Knew It! Donna Shalala: Health and Human Services Secretary (1993-2001) ?and University of Miami president “I expected it....
June 27, 2012

Obamacare's Fate Lies In Anthony Kennedy's Hands: System Failure

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/06/27/obamacares-fate-lies-in-anthony-kennedys-hands-system-failure/ The fate of the federal health care law currently before the Supreme Court is likely in the hands of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has already cast the swing vote in a number of contentious cases over the past decade.  True to...
June 21, 2012

What Romney should do on health care

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/21/what-romney-should-do-on-health-care/ Americans believe in second chances. Mitt Romney will get his if the Supreme Court rules to throw out part, or all, of the president’s federal health insurance law. Should Romney propose replacing it with a federal version of the Massachusetts health...