Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court’
California Lawmakers Move Bills To Guarantee Health Coverage
Pre-existing conditions would not prevent a Californian from buying health insurance on the individual market in 2014, if state lawmakers succeed with a push to make sure the main tenets of the national health law survive in the state – no matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules later this month. Last week lawmakers put forth identical bills on [...]
Obama Tapping Conservative Line in Health Care Battle
President Obama has recently predicted that the Supreme Court would uphold his healthcare reform mandate. His administration is now leveraging conservative legal ideas to win support from Supreme Court justices and the general public. He's even invoked the conservative mantra on "judicial restraint" and "judicial activism," which evoked a demand [...]
An Unenviable Healthcare Choice for Conservatives
As the Supreme Court deliberates over the plan's fate, it's clear that Obamacare has, at best, tepid public support, but it currently looks a little like some sort of healthcare reform is probably inevitable no matter what the Supreme Court decides. A mandate is part and parcel of covering preexisting conditions for everyone. So, many opponents [...]
Conservative Justices Are Skeptical of Mandate’s Constitutionality
While it's difficult to know for certain after Tuesday's oral arguments, the conservative justices appeared skeptical of the constitutionality of the law’s requirement that uninsured people purchase insurance. Some observers caution, however, that too much shouldn't be read into a particular justice's questioning during oral arguments since they [...]
Procedural Issues Could Hold Up the Supreme Court’s Decision
The Supreme Court held a rearing on Monday that focused on whether the health reform mandate should be considered a tax. If so, the court would not be able to hear challenges to the law until the penalties would be implemented in 2014, according to a report in NY1.com
