Will Obama Claus deliver?
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- State Suits Against Health Reform Are Well Grounded In Law-And Pose Serious Challenges. Shapiro, Ilya // Health Affairs;Jun2010, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p1229
This essay argues that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exceeds Congress's authority to regulate interstate commerce and its taxing power, and infringes on state prerogatives. The lawsuits that have been filed by states and individuals arguing these points raise serious legal...
- Sustaining Health ReformIn A Recession: An Update On Massachusetts As Of Fall 2009. Long, Sharon K.; Stockley, Karen // Health Affairs;Jun2010, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p1234
With the passage of national health reform legislation modeled on Massachusetts' 2006 reform initiative, the Bay State continues to provide important lessons for the nation. Most recently, Massachusetts has shown that although it is difficult, sustaining the gains of health reform in a severe...
- (WHAT'S NEW) President Outlines Deficit Reduction Plan: Health Care is Key. // Community Health Funding Week;4/15/2011, p1
The article offers information on U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for health care reform. It is mentioned that Obama has opposed the U.S. House Republicans' proposal for private insurance for elderly and block grant of the Medicaid program. Also, Obama's proposal includes continuation of...
- On Medicare, after the Storm, then the Calm, will the U.S. now go French, Swiss, Brit, or Canadian? Fiifi Odoom, C. // International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences;2010, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p199
The passage of U.S. President Obama's healthcare reform plan and positive response after that from the general public indicates that the issue of affordable access is more than a number of needy souls not being able to get care. It is arguably a competitive issue, much as it is a social policy...
- An Opening Bid On Health Care. Serafini, Marilyn Werber // National Journal;3/14/2009, p23
This article explains that health insurers took a hard hit in U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget, which proposes taking a sizable chunk of revenue from their pockets to pay for health care reform. Obama would raise $175 billion over 10 years by lowering payments to health plans...
- State Lawsuits Won't Succeed In Overturning The Individual Mandate. Jost, Timothy S. // Health Affairs;Jun2010, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p1225
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 looks to the states to implement its insurance regulatory reforms and exchanges, retaining for the national government what could be construed as merely a backup role. The law offers federal support to the states, along with opportunities to...
- Obama Wants Health Reform This Year, Sets Priorities. // Community Health Funding Week;5/15/2009, p18
The article reports that the U.S. President Barack Obama has praised the U.S. House for working to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31, 2009. Obama says that the legislation should uphold three basic principles including bringing down the rising cost of health care, choosing...
- Story of the Week. // Community Health Funding Week;9/11/2009, p1
The article reports that during a televised joint session of the U.S. Congress this week, President Barack Obama began his final push for passage of federal health reform legislation. He says that there is agreement in this chamber on about 80% of what needs to be done. During his address, Obama...
- Reform: Good news, bad news, and politics. Gee, William F. // Urology Times;May2010, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p5
In this article, the author reflects on the good and the bad side and the political processes involve in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama. He mentions that the good side of the law is that insurers are prohibited to deny...
