Mar 11 Obama Administration Grants Maine Health Reform Waiver In the news this week: Making health reform more flexible for states. On Wednesday, the federal government gave Maine a waiver good through 2013 that will exempt the state from enforcing part of the health reform law --… Continue reading
Mar 04 Health Reform: Senate Passes 1099 Repeal, But Final Passage Not in Sight File under "even when we agree, we disagree." Perhaps the only aspect of health reform on which Republicans and Democrats concur is the "1099" provision -- both parties say they want to repeal the unpopular measure that would burden small… Continue reading
Mar 03 Florida Judge Declines to Halt Health Reform Implementation A Florida judge on Tuesday refused to order the government to stop implementing the health care reform law, handing the Obama administration at least a temporary victory in the ongoing legal battle over reform. U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson… Continue reading
Mar 02 Medicare Fraud Is ‘Incredibly Easy,’ Congress Hears Aghaegbune "Ike" Odelugo fraudulently billed Medicare for nearly $10 million worth of medical equipment between 2005 and 2008. On Wednesday, a repentant Odelugo spoke before a congressional subcommittee about how simple it was to commit his crime -- and… Continue reading
Mar 01 Republican Governors: Reform Law will Cost too Much It's one of the central debates around health care reform -- in the end, will the reform law cost too much, or will it actually save money? On Tuesday, Republican lawmakers and governors argued that it will cost too… Continue reading
Feb 25 A Judicial Win for Health Reform, the Governors Come to Town It was one more mark in the judicial "win" column for supporters of the health care reform law this week, as a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled that the law's individual mandate is constitutional. For those keeping score, that's… Continue reading
Feb 24 Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Believe Health Reform Was Repealed More than one in five Americans incorrectly believe that the health care reform law has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll released Thursday. The NewsHour talked… Continue reading
Feb 23 D.C. Judge Upholds Health Reform Law as Cases Move Toward Supreme Court In the judicial back and forth over the health care reform law, the score is now three to two. On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Gladys Kessler of Washington, D.C. said that the law is constitutional. She tossed out… Continue reading
Feb 22 The Toxic Revenger: Supreme Court Considers a Crime of Passion By Elizabeth Summers On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that has it all: passion, betrayal, revenge, and hair loss. There's something for everyone, including constitutional law scholars, political strategists, readers of supermarket tabloids, and groups pushing to repeal… Continue reading
Feb 18 Health Reform Watch: House Votes to Defund Reform; Senate Hurdle Awaits House Votes to Defund Health Reform The House passed three amendments Friday that would block the government from spending money to implement the health reform law for the rest of this fiscal year. The amendments, which were attached to… Continue reading