How Important is the Individual Mandate to Health Reform?
As the government appeals the ruling on the individual mandate, attention turns to whether health reform could survive without it. The not-so-surprising news today is that the federal government will...
View ArticleBreaking: Federal Judge Finds Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Virginia rules that the individual mandate in health reform is unconstitutional. What now? Multiple news outlets are reporting that Federal District Judge Henry Hudson in Virginia...
View ArticleBig Court Ruling on Health Reform Set for Today in Virginia
A federal judge in Virginia is set to rule today on the constitutionality of health reform. Multiple news outlets are reporting that a Virginia federal judge is expected to rule today on the...
View ArticleVa. Judge Dismisses Challenge to Health Reform Law; Boehner Enlists Help of...
A federal judge in Virginia becomes the second judge in two months to uphold the constitutionality of the health reform law. A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a challenge to the health reform...
View ArticleLegal Wrangling Over Health Care Law Ramps Up
A federal judge in Virginia hears arguments today challenging health reform's constitutionality, while a Florida judge signaled last week the individual mandate has an uphill legal battle. A federal...
View ArticleThe Parallel Tracks of Health Reform: Implementation and Opposition
Health reform is rolling along two independent tracks: implementing the law on one and trying to overturn or defund it on another. The upcoming election and court decisions will determine which one...
View ArticleSecond Front Opens Against Individual Mandate; Health Reform Supporters...
Judge signals lawsuit against health reform will go forward in second front in states' effort to combat the new law. A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday signaled that he will allow a lawsuit by 20...
View ArticleAnother Round in the Legal Battle Over Individual Mandate Begins; Congress...
Another legal battle over health reform's individual mandate begins in Florida today. Meanwhile, a Republican senator is taking aim at the mandate as part of an effort to repeal a tax reporting...
View ArticleHow Successful Will Penalty Be at Enforcing Individual Mandate Over Extensive...
Even if the individual mandate withstands multiple legal challenges, the attention the opposition campaign may attract could inspire many to go without health insurance out of principle and pay the...
View ArticleMissouri Votes Against Individual Mandate; More Health Reform Provisions Set...
Missouri votes overwhelmingly for a ballot issue opposing the individual mandate in health reform, while numerous significant pieces of the overhaul are set to take effect next month, in today's...
View ArticleCase on Individual Mandate May Not be All or Nothing
Devising appropriate penalties in the absence of an individual mandate. The current discussion about the deliberations of the impending Supreme Court decision center on the individual mandate, and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hearings - Day 2
Curt tone of conservative justices suggests the mandate is in question. Day two of the Supreme Court's review of the Affordable Care Act led to heated confrontation between the High Court and the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Reviews Health Reform Law - Day 1
Can the Court rule now on a tax? The Court listened to arguments on the 19th century Anti-Injunction Act, which bars a lawsuit from being brought forth until the tax has been actually levied....
View ArticleIndividual Mandate Cases Reach High Court Agenda
The Supreme Court will meet on November 10th to review three federal appeals court rulings In a closed door meeting, the justices will review three cases, stemming from conflicting decisions in...
View ArticleNine States Want Relief From Medical Loss Ratio Requirement; Appeals Court...
Nine states are trying to get the federal government to relax the medical loss ratio requirement. A federal appeals court in Richmond begins hearing one of the challenges to the health law today. Nine...
View ArticlePotential Alternatives to the Individual Mandate
A report from the Government Accountability Office presents nine potential alternatives to the individual mandate. The GAO has come out with a report presenting potential alternatives to the...
View ArticleA Look Ahead at Health Reform Implementation in 2011
The ongoing implementation of -- and efforts to derail -- health reform will continue to be big news in the new year. The MSPP "Making Health Care Reform Work" Blog would like to wish everyone a happy...
View ArticleStudy: Number Of Uninsured Doubles Without Individual Mandate
A study shows that the number of uninsured would be twice as high under health reform without the individual mandate to purchase insurance. A new study by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood...
View ArticleHow Many People Will Remain Uninsured Even if Mandate Stands?
In an interview with Kaiser Health News, a top McKinsey and Co. director says the number of people uninsured could reach 40 million in 2016, even under the individual mandate. In a Q and A with Kaiser...
View ArticleMore News on the Individual Mandate, Medicaid and Exchanges
Today brings a smattering of news on health reform implementation, from the individual mandate to Medicaid to insurance exchanges. Here's what's news today in the implementation of health reform, with...
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