Steve Rattner showed this chart this morning on Morning Joe. It is very telling about Obama’s jobs record. Is the private sector doing fine? Yes, except if you are in the construction or finance industries. The drag on jobs comes from the...
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Category Archives: Health Care
The third day was devoted to discussing if the rest of Obamacare should be struck down if the requirement to buy insurance is struck down. The alternatives include leaving the rest of the law intact or having the justices strike down additional...
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By most accounts, day 2 did not go well for the President’s health care bill. We will have to wait until June for the decision. SCOTUS BLOG has a nice compilation of high lights of yesterday’s hearings: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/highlights-from-tuesdays-argument-about-the-individual-mandate/ Up to day –...
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This New York Times quote seems to summarize Obamacares first day in court: ““This case presents issues of great moment,” said Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., “and the Anti-Injunction Act does not bar the court’s consideration of those issues.” The justices...
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I could fill up an entire blog for the next decade listing all of the blog entries and editorials. I’m not going to do that but I did want to post a general schedule for the three days of hearings. Monday –...
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Yesterday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act – the insurance mandate. The leading judge, Circuit Judge Sutton, is seen as a conservative on the court. His position as a conservative justice is seen...
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Gregory Mankiw has an excellent opinion piece in the New York times this morning on health care. It is not about the latest Republican plan to save health care or a long diatribe bashing Obamacare. It is a high level comparison of...
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A recent study released yesterday by Harvard demonstrates that educating patients on different treatment options a providing them a copy of their medications for future care givers can lower Medicare costs by 20%. The study was done to help investigate ways to...
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