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Senate to Vote to Repeal Part of Obama's Health Law
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Congress is poised to send the White House its first rollback of last year's health care law, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax reporting requirement that's widely unpopular with businesses. Even President Barack Obama is eager to see it gone. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday. Republicans hope it is the first of many such bills, resulting in the entire health care law being scrapped. Democrats say the bill is part of an inevitable tinkering that will be needed to improve the health measure. The bill, which passed the House last month, would rescind a tax ...
12 States to Vote on Health Care Nullification
By Michael Ames - Politics DailyIt's not every day that politicians and professors fight over the legacy of John C. Calhoun. But as Republican lawmakers in 12 states introduce protest bills to nullify the federal health care law, the 200-year-old theories fueling their efforts are being called into question, and the ideas of the man who some view as the spiritual godfather of state secession are having an unlikely re-emergence in American politics. The concept behind nullification -- that states can claim legal supremacy over the federal government -- dates to the nation's founding. But successive attempts to invoke state ...
Opinion: Why 'Obamacare' Is Hurting the Economy
By Marty Robins - AOL NewsIn his speech to the Chamber of Commerce on Monday, President Barack Obama urged companies to use the "nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets" and start hiring workers. "I want to encourage you to get in the game," he said. It's a good point, made better by his willingness to speak in that forum. Nineteen months into the economic recovery, we're still dealing with anemic growth and 9 percent unemployment. But if the president and the rest of Washington want business to start hiring again, they'll need to do more than issue stern words, lacking legal effect. They need to resolve ...
Opinion: Why Not Mandate Gun Purchases, Too?
By Bernie Goldberg - AOL NewsWith everything else going on in the world, you may have missed a piece of news coming out of South Dakota. It seems that a few legislators in that state have introduced a bill that would require every one of South Dakota's citizens over 21 years of age to own a gun. Can you imagine? Lawmakers insisting that citizens own a gun or buy one if they don't already own one -- under penalty of law, no less! Government can't force people to buy something they don't want, can it? OK, you get it. So do the South Dakota lawmakers. According to State Rep. Hal Wick, one of the bill's five sponsors, "Do I ...
Mitt Romney Not Sorry for 'Romneycare,' but Will It Kill a White House Bid?
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday, likely GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the universal health care law he implemented as governor of Massachusetts, saying there's a clear difference between his plan and President Barack Obama's reform effort. Romney has been in the hot seat during the health care debate because key elements of his plan are reflected in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. "Romneycare" includes an individual coverage mandate, for example, the provision that prompted Judge Roger Vinson to declare Obama's plan unconstitutional. According to Romney, "states have rights that the ...
Opinion: Obamacare Is in Critical Condition With the Courts
By not in system - AOL NewsThe aphorism "Act in haste, repent at leisure" never applied more aptly than it does to Obamacare. Nancy Pelosi rushed through Obamacare, without allowing time to read the bill, by explaining: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." Reading the bill produced last November's angry electorate. Two Views on the Legal Future of Health Reform Health Reform Will Survive in the Courts -- Ian Millhiser, Center for American Progress. Obamacare Is in Critical Condition With the Courts -- John S. Baker Jr., Louisiana State University law ...
Severability Clause at Heart of Judge Vinson's Ruling That 'Obamacare' Is Unconstitutional
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsA federal judge in Florida has ruled that the federal health care overhaul legislation is unconstitutional. Why? Because the legislation did not include a severability clause. The severability clause problem is related to perhaps the most controversial part of the law: the mandate that requires all Americans to possess health care coverage. Roger Vinson, the federal judge behind today's ruling, agreed with plaintiffs who argued that if the mandate is unconstitutional, the entire law should be struck down. That's because the legislation lacked the so-called "severability clause," which ...
Meet Judge Roger Vinson, the Man Who Ruled 'Obamacare' Unconstitutional
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled that President Obama's health care reform law is unconstitutional because of a provision that requires individuals to purchase health insurance. Twenty-six states were party to the suit, claiming that the insurance mandate violates constitutional law. Because Democrats did not write a severability clause into the health care act, the entire legislation may be challenged by the unconstitutionality of certain provisions. Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic notes that today's ruling is a lower-court decision that won't determine the ultimate fate of the ...
Judge Roger Vinson Health Care Ruling [FULL TEXT]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsU.S. District Judge Roger Vinson struck down President Barack Obama's signature health care law today, arguing that it violated the U.S. Constitution. Siding with the argument made by lawyers representing 26 U.S. states, Vinson specifically took issue with provisions of the law that require citizens to purchase health insurance. The matter will now head to the United States Supreme Court, where it faces an uncertain fate. Via Scribd, Surge Desk offers a copy of the judge's ruling: Health Care Ruling by Judge Vinson More coveage on Surge Desk: Meet Judge Roger Vinson, the Man Who ...
As House Debates, Study Finds 129M Have Pre-Existing Conditions
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsUp to 129 million Americans under age 65 have pre-existing conditions that could make it difficult for them to get health insurance, according to a government study released today as Congress begins debating a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care reforms. Obama's 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- as the health care reform law is formally known -- is scheduled to go into effect in stages over the next few years, unless Congress overturns it. Debate over a Republican bill to do so begins today, and a vote is set for Wednesday. Today's Health and Human Services ...
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