cmonfils | April 2, 2012
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MyHealthGuide Source: Todd Leeuwenburgh, Editor, Employer Health Benefits, Thompson Publishing Group, 3/29/2012, www.Thompson.com
After oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 27, it was unclear whether the government’s attorney could obtain the all-important “fifth vote” needed for the government to avoid repeal of President Obama’s attempt to mandate individuals to purchase health insurance.
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
A Supreme Court ruling against President Obama’s landmark health care law could prompt challenges to the Massachusetts law that inspired it, according to legal specialists and activists following the case.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/30/if_national_health_law_falls_massachusettss_law_could_face_challenges/?p1=News_links
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
Monday the Supreme Court began hearing three days of arguments as to the constitutionality of several provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed two years ago this month.
Here are the four key issues the hearing will address:
The Anti-Injunction Act: Should the legality of the individual mandate — which requires nearly all Americans without coverage to buy individual health insurance policies or pay a fine – even be considered now? Or must the case be deferred until 2015 because of the 1867 Anti-Injunction Act, which says taxpayers can’t challenge a levy’s legality before they actually pay the tax?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-will-the-affordable-care-act-affect-you-.html
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
With President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law in the balance, the divided Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether the measure properly regulates commerce or overreaches the Constitution and allows Washington to improperly force Americans to eat their vegetables.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/supreme-court-justices-challenge-obama-administration-over-health-170042500.html
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
The first day of Supreme Court oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act focused on the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA). This statute, enacted in 1867, provides that “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court by any person, whether or not such person is the person against whom such tax was assessed.” Because the ACA’s minimum coverage requirement (also referred to as the individual mandate) is enforced through a penalty that is assessed under the tax code, it is arguable that the requirement cannot be challenged in court until 2015, when a penalty is first assessed.
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
One thing was clear out of the Supreme Court’s opening session Monday on the federal health care overhaul — the justices are eager to issue a ruling, and unlikely to punt.
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
The Supreme Court won’t rule on President Obama’s health care case until June. Republicans vow to repeal the law if they win big in November. David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, talks to David Greene about how the ruling could affect doctors, hospitals, employers and consumers.
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
Today marks the beginning of the Supreme Court’s three days of oral arguments regarding the health law. Headlines break down the key points of those arguments, as well as the political and historical context in which they will be advanced.
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cmonfils | March 30, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court opened today its historic review of President Barack Obama’s health-care law, three days of arguments that might result in the president’s premier legislative achievement being found unconstitutional in the middle of his re-election campaign.
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cmonfils | March 27, 2012
How big is the constitutional challenge to the Obama health care law, which the Supreme Court will hear on March 26-28?
For starters, it’s big enough for the justices to schedule six hours of arguments — more time than given to any case since 1966. After all, the Affordable Care Act is arguably the most consequential domestic legislation since the creation of Medicare in 1965.
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cmonfils | March 27, 2012
One thing was clear out of the Supreme Court’s opening session Monday on the federal health care overhaul — the justices are eager to issue a ruling, and unlikely to punt.
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cmonfils | March 26, 2012
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MyHealthGuide Source: Frederick D. Hunt, Active Past President, Society of Professional Benefit Administrators (SPBA), 3/20/2012, www.SPBATPA.org
Editor’s Note: Fred Hunt offers a layman’s explanation of the Supreme Court PPACA case in ways it might be decided, the behind-the-scenes pressures and what would be the practical results for each potential decision outcome. Oral arguments start March 26. The decision is expected in June. (more…)
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cmonfils | March 23, 2012
In three weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral argument on the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Almost three years to the day after the ACA was enacted, it will become the most significant piece of legislation reviewed by the Court since the Voting Rights Act in the 1960s. In anticipation of the major news coverage that will surely ensue, this post outlines the legal issues at stake, and takes a look at how the Court’s voting might line up.
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cmonfils | March 19, 2012
This summer, the Supreme Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires individuals to buy health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Tuesday, the Supreme Court increased the time for next month’s oral arguments from 5.5 hours to six hours, allowing an extra half hour to discuss the Tax Anti-Injunction Act, a law that says courts may not halt a tax that isn’t yet being collected.
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cmonfils | March 14, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, setting the stage for one of the Court’s most important decisions in a generation.
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