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'Obamacare' Mandates Declared Unconstitutional: First Reactions
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 13) -- Does mandatory health insurance go against the U.S. Constitution? Virginia U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled today that the coverage mandates in President Barack Obama's signature health care legislation "exceed the constitutional boundaries of congressional power," a potential setback for the new law. Though the matter is far from settled, and does not necessarily mean that "Obamacare," as many conservative critics call it, will not go forward, pundits from across the political spectrum offered a flurry of reactions to Hudson's ruling (which can be read in full ...
Health Care Law Poses Financial Pitfalls for States
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailySpeaking at the University of Iowa soon after he signed the Patient Protection and Care Act into law, President Barack Obama told an amused audience that he hadn't seen any asteroids falling from the heavens. It was his way of saying that the sky won't collapse because the United States has finally joined the long list of industrialized democracies providing near-universal health care coverage. Considering the political obstacles he overcame to obtain a health care bill, it is understandable that the president is using a time-worn tactic of ridiculing the more extreme claims of the opposition ...
Obama, Tax Increases and Debt Reduction: How GOP Can Avoid Political Trap
By Peter Wehner - Politics DailyPresident Obama is in the early stages of setting a political trap for the GOP -- one he hopes will take one of his greatest weaknesses and turn it into a strength. The weakness Obama has is that he is viewed as fiscally reckless by much of the electorate, having engineered an unprecedented spending binge even before he passed into law a hugely expensive new entitlement program in health care. At a time when the deficit and debt are more potent political issues than ever, and when those who are viewed as responsible for them are more vulnerable than ever, Obama and Democrats in Congress are ...
'Slacker Mandate': Not Just for Slackers, Political Folly to Oppose
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailySome conservatives have it in for the so-called "slacker mandate" in the new health law -- the provision that will allow parents to keep children on the family health insurance plan until they're 26. Michelle Malkin has written at least two columns railing against it. She talks about "the Nanny State gone wild" and "defining dependency up," and says Democrats would deprive children of "the timeless gift of self-sufficiency." Her symbol of choice: A giant adult pacifier. This is, to start with the superficial, bad politics. We are talking about a provision that benefits both Baby Boomers and ...
Congressman in Trouble After Health Care Vote
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsTYSONS CORNER, Va. (April 4) -- Rep. Gerry Connolly was among friends as he explained at a Rotary Club breakfast why he voted for health care reform last month. "We're all businessmen and businesswomen," the Democratic congressman told the well-dressed group over bacon and eggs at a private club here. "This bill is the largest single deficit-reduction legislation in American history. It's a good start in terms of sort of fiscal discipline, and it will bring down the cost of health care." Many in the room nodded approvingly. Other parts of the district are not so welcoming. Many are ...
Public Worries About Deficit, Costs Due to Health Care Overhaul
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySixty-one percent of Americans believe the federal deficit will get worse, 55 percent predict the overall cost of health care will worsen, and 50 percent believe that will be true, too, for their own families' costs as a result of the health care overhaul, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted March 26-28. The negatives clearly outweighed the positives when Gallup asked whether 10 things would get better, worse or remain the same because of the legislation. None of the 10 measures reached the 50 percent mark in terms of things that Americans thought would improve. The top two areas ...
Opinion: Repeal the 'Jobs Killer,' Start Over
By not in system - AOL News(March 29) -- More than 130 economists recently signed a statement warning that a government takeover of health care would destroy American jobs. But Democrats didn't listen. Cliff Owen, AP House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, says "we need to repeal Obamacare." Instead they twisted every arm, struck every backroom deal and used every accounting gimmick imaginable to ram their bill through Congress. Disregarding the economists, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., promised it would create "400,000 jobs almost immediately." President Barack Obama said it would help build a "new ...
Opinion: Time to Embrace Anti-Obesity Campaign
By Michael Arceneaux - AOL News(March 24) -- There are far too many fat children in America. It's impolite to say this so bluntly, but it's better to be impolite than sit idle as our youth repeat the same mistakes we as adults have collectively made. Following Sunday's historic vote on health care, it's only right to point out that the eating and exercise habits of many American adults puts a huge strain on our health care system. A study published in July by the journal Health Affairs revealed that obesity-related health spending has doubled in the past decade. A more recent report by Emory University confirms that ...
Health Stakes: Pressure Builds on Democrats to Reverse Decades of Failure
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyWhite House pressure, union pressure, leadership pressure – no stone is being left unturned this weekend as Democrats move to a final House vote Sunday on the health care overhaul that was central to President Obama's campaign and has consumed much of his first 14 months in office. The procedural obstacle course faced by the 10-year, $940 billion package is a fitting end to the most suspenseful legislative journey of any bill in recent memory. One member at a time, House Democrats were slowly amassing the 216 votes they need to pass a bill that makes major strides toward the long-held ...
GOP Calls Health Reform Budget 'House of Cards'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhen the Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary cost assessment for the Democrats' health care reform proposal Thursday, the estimate came in at $940 billion in new federal spending over 10 years -- just under the $1 trillion mark that fiscally conservative Democrats had identified as their cut off point for supporting the measure. But by Friday, House Republicans had culled through the numbers and called a press conference to point to what they called Democrats' use of "budget trickery" to drag the bill's price tag to its more politically palatable number. GOP members took ...
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