Supreme Court turns its attention to health care act’s expansion of Medicaid
After handling the federal health care law like Chuck Wepner, the Bayonne Bleeder, the Supreme Court today will conclude three days of arguments considering what might become of the law if the court were to invalidate the health insurance mandate.
Read More →HI protesters oppose Health Connector insurance nominees citing conflict of interest, ethics exemptions
As protesters demonstrated at the federal building against the Affordable Care Act, state legislators wrestled with Hawaii’s plans to implement the law, which mandates universal health insurance coverage for all Americans.
Read More →Montana Law & Justice Committee says it can’t help inmate suffering with hernias
By Phil Drake | Montana Watchdog
HELENA – Members of the legislative Law and Justice Interim Committee said Friday there was little or nothing they could do to help an inmate seeking medical attention for hernias described as the size of “cantaloupes,” noting there were conflicting opinions between doctors over the proper treatment.
Read More →High costs force MI school district to drop union-connected health plan
By Tom Gantert | Michigan Capitol Confidential
LANSING — In their previous contract, teachers in Ravenna Public Schools didn’t pay anything toward the cost of their own health insurance premiums through the Michigan Education Special Services Association, often referred to as the “Cadillac of insurance plans.”
Read More →Montana lawmakers join amicus brief against ‘Obamacare’
By Phil Drake | Montana Watchdog
HELENA — Several dozen Montana lawmakers and organizations are part of an amicus brief filed Monday over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called “Obamacare,” claiming government overstepped its authority and cannot “commandeer” people into buying a product from a private business.
The 71 Republican lawmakers are part of a “friend of the [...]
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