MT Dems come out for single-payer health system
By Dustin Hurst | Franklin Center
MISSOULA — As Americans struggle with the rising health care costs, some Montana Democrats say the controversial single-payer system would harness those out-of-control expenses.
Five of seven candidates seeking to become Montana’s lone congressman responded to the federalPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the national health care law and domestic centerpiece ofPresident Barack Obama’s [...]
MT expert: Health reform ruling won’t affect Sen. race
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the federal health care law is not expected to define the Montana U.S. Senate race, according to one expert.
Read More →It could happen here: Not-so-universal healthcare
Wouldn’t it be great for everyone, especially the poor, if Connecticut had universal healthcare? Probably not, as shown by a Montreal Gazette article on doctors abusing their private clinics.
Read More →Day two recap: The individual mandate on trail
By Evan Paskach | MN State News
WASHINGTON, DC — Day two of the Supreme Court arguments on the Affordable Care Act was considered the “main event” of the proceedings as the two sides debated the constitutionality of the individual mandate.
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli argued before the court that the individual mandate is acceptable in the [...]
DAY ONE RECAP: AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON TRIAL
On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard 90 minutes of argument on the whether the Anti-Injunction Act of 1867 (AIA) allows a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act. Largely seen as a formality before the case can proceed, the Court has already decided it would hear the rest of the arguments and make a determination on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
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