It’s hard to believe now that the GOP ever allowed such a thing. In 2007, the host of a major climate-change summit was …
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Fact Check: Obamacare’s Medicare Cuts
Since the Romney-Ryan campaign is hammering the Obama-Biden ticket on the Affordable Care Act’s $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, it seems useful to put this figure in context and explain exactly what programs within Medicare lose funding under the health care law.
Rick Scott Is Turning Down Obama’s Medicaid Expansion. Is He Turning Off Florida Voters Too?
Florida Governor Rick Scott has never been one to let facts get in the way of conservative ideology, and recently he’s been trumpeting a lot of untruths about the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. He claims the law’s …
The Future of the Affordable Care Act: Uncertain, At Best
There are two health care-related sideshows playing out in Washington. One is a semantic argument about whether the fine for not having health insurance under Obamacare is a “penalty,” as the law’s author’s originally …
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And Now, How to Improve Obamacare
Obama could help himself if he leveled with voters about the law’s weaknesses
Stop Overthinking This. The Real Significance of the Court’s Decision Is the Decision.
Now is the time for the Smart Takes, for pundits to earn their pay, for analysts to analyze the larger significance of the Court’s decision beyond the obvious Obamacare Survives headlines. Here’s my dumb take: Stop …
John Roberts’ Moment: The Chief Justice Weighs Image and Principle in Obamacare Decision
Chief Justice John Roberts arrived on the Supreme Court in 2005 full of promises to dial down the partisan rhetoric and foster the Court’s reputation as a fair-minded forum, not a food fight. But if the liberal Justice Ruth …
Why Obamacare May Stand: Reading Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s Swing Vote
After three days of oral arguments and intense speculation in the press, the Supreme Court is said to be holding an initial vote Friday, March 30, on the fate of President Obama’s landmark health reform law. While conventional …
Health Care After the Court: If the Individual Mandate Falls, What Next?
If the Supreme Court strikes down the individual health insurance mandate, but leaves most or all of the rest of the Affordable Care Act intact, Congress will have some work to do. Without some way to push uninsured healthy …
The ‘Heart’ of Health Care Reform: Can the Law Stand Without a Mandate?
During the summer of 2009, when the health care reform debate was dividing the country and the “public option” seemed like the most important policy issue in a generation, the proposal to require all Americans to have health …
The Mystery of Donald Verrilli’s Supreme Court Choke
After Donald Verrilli’s halting performance defending a national health-insurance mandate before the Roberts court on Tuesday, the White House Wednesday morning issued a statement of support for their beleaguered solicitor …
No Supreme Court Slam Dunk: Justices Grill Government on Health Insurance Mandate
The Obama Administration’s fight to preserve the new health care law’s individual mandate appeared to take a dark turn Tuesday. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, arguing before the Supreme Court that the government has …
On Day 1 of Health Reform Arguments, Justices Sound Skeptical that Challenge Is Premature
If the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s sweeping new health care law, seems complicated, the Supreme Court case parsing its constitutionality is far more so. This week, over three days, justices on the High Court are …
