2.5M Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Via Obamacare – Huzzah!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by scjustice

 From The Associated Press: President Obama talks about the Affordable Care Act in Virginia earlier this week. He highlighted provisions, including requirements to let young adults stay on their parents’ insurance plans. (By Dennis Brack, Getty Images) By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR December 14, 2011 Washington – The number of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk [...]

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And Here We Thought Gov. Haley Was Acting In Good Faith

Posted on December 14, 2011 by scjustice

From The Post & Courier: Haley dictated panel finding Outcome ordered before health committee met By Renee “Little Girl” Dudley rdudley@postandcourier.com Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Gov. Nikki Haley dictated the conclusions of a committee charged with deciding how the state should implement federal health care reform before the group ever held its first meeting, public [...]

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Haley’s Waiting Game On S.C.’s Health Insurance Exchange

Posted on November 16, 2011 by scjustice

From Kaiser Health News: S.C.’s top health official, Anthony Keck, and Gov. Nikki Haley, not fans of the 2010 health law, are likely to decide to let the federal government run the state’s exchange. (Haley photo by MaryAustinPhoto via Flickr) By Christopher Weaver Nov 15, 2011 South Carolina’s top health official will recommend this week [...]

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SCOTUS Likely To Rule On Health Law Next Summer

Posted on September 28, 2011 by scjustice

From The Washington Post: By Robert Barnes, Published: September 26 The constitutionality of the 2010 health-care law could be determined by the Supreme Court this term, with a decision coming next summer in the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign. The Justice Department said Monday evening that it had decided not to ask the full U.S. [...]

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Feds To Unveil Health-Insurance Exchange Details

Posted on August 17, 2011 by scjustice

From The Wall Street Journal: Associated Press/Don Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will help unveil the plan Wednesday. By ANNA WILDE MATHEWS And JANET ADAMY Consumers shopping for health insurance will soon get a peek at a new standard form—akin to the nutrition label on food products—that will lay out [...]

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Gov’t Lays Out Health Insurance Exchange Details

Posted on August 15, 2011 by scjustice

From Reuters: By Alina Selyukh and Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON | Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:43pm EDT (Reuters) – The government on Friday laid out incentives for states and people to participate in health insurance exchanges, including tax credits and funding grants for the states. Health regulators also clarified how they expect states to determine who [...]

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11th Circuit Rules Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

Posted on August 12, 2011 by scjustice

From Politico: The Department of Justice is expected to appeal. | Reuters By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 8/12/11 1:29 PM EDT The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional, a striking blow to the legislation that increases the odds that [...]

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Employers Expand Health Benefits Under ACA’s Reforms

Posted on August 3, 2011 by scjustice

From The Los Angeles Times: August 2, 2011 | 10:37 am Nearly 18 months after passage of the national healthcare overhaul, American employers say they are providing health benefits for growing numbers of people as they extend coverage to their workers’ adult children, a new survey finds. The federal healthcare law allows young adults up to age [...]

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Health Care Reform Saves Seniors A Combined $260 Million

Posted on June 30, 2011 by scjustice

From The Hill: By Julian Pecquet – 06/28/11 10:07 AM ET Almost half a million seniors on Medicare had saved a combined $260 million on their medicines by the end of last month thanks to the healthcare reform law, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. A total of 478,272 people have taken advantage of the law’s [...]

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KidsWell Campaign

Posted on June 30, 2011 by scjustice

KidsWell Campaign Launches Website and Online Resource Hub for Health Reform Implementation KidsWell, a campaign dedicated to the successful implementation of federal health reform for America’s children, launched http://www.kidswellcampaign.org/, a website monitoring state and national health care reform implementation and opposition across the country. First Focus Campaign for Children is a partner of the KidsWell [...]

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