Democratic members have struggled with changing rationales for voting against Barrett, who has impeccable credentials as an accomplished academic and respected jurist…
Democrat Senator: ‘We want to rebuild’ Obamacare, Add ‘Public Option’ If We Take Back Senate…
Asked if she supports expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Democrats want to handle the court vacancy situation “one step at a time.”…
Barack Obama and the Failure of Liberal Technocracy…
By just about any measure, the post-Cold War worldwide lean toward liberal technocratic capitalism coincided with a huge positive uplift in the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Prior to the global pandemic, people found themselves better off than ever before in numerous measures — not just economic, but in their health, their education, […]
OPINION ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Exemptions from Birth-Control Mandate…
The Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate requires most employers to provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to certain forms of contraceptives. In 2017, the Trump administration issued new rules that expanded an exemption from the mandate to allow private employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing coverage […]
OPINION ANALYSIS: Decisive Win for Health Insurers Seeking Compensation for Obamacare Losses…
Justices Grant Affordable Care Act Petitions…
Just as it did almost eight years ago, the Supreme Court will once again weigh in on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. The justices announced today that they had granted two petitions involving the ACA – one by California and a group of states, the other by Texas and a different […]
High Court Refuses to Fast-Track Obamacare Appeal…
Declining to take up the dispute before Election Day, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the House of Representatives and a coalition of mostly Democrat-led states to expedite review of Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The high court’s one-sentence order hands the Trump administration and 18 Republican-led states […]
Federal Court Rules Obamacare Mandate Unconstitutional but Sends Case Back to Lower Courts…
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals returned a closely watched case on Obamacare back to the lower courts, declaring the health insurance mandate unconstitutional while saying the rest of the law needed further analysis. The 2-1 panel decision means that Obamacare’s future is unlikely to be resolved before the 2020 elections. Had the judges […]
Frustrated Judges Slam “Complicated” Obamacare Mess…
When John McCain stymied a Republican-controlled Congress from gutting Obamacare back in the summer of 2017, he infuriated President Trump and sent pundit tongues wagging about how Republicans might never manage to kill the law. Two years later, the Trump Administration is backing 19 Republican-controlled states, including Texas, in a lawsuit that they hope will […]
President Trump Announces Executive Order on Healthcare Price Transparency…
We’re here to announce new groundbreaking actions that we’re taking to dramatically increase quality, affordability, and fairness to our healthcare system. This landmark initiative continues our campaign to put American patients first. This is a truly big action. People have no idea how big it is. Some people say bigger than healthcare itself. This is […]
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