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Posted June 28, 2012 8:11 EST
Heritage & Roberts Decree, All The World Be Taxed
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The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the ACA is deliciously ironic. The “individual mandate”–an idea promoted for everyone in the 90s and for Massachusettians (?) in the 2000s by the arm of the Republican party known as the Heritage Foundation–was found to be legal. But not as a mandate, instead as a tax.
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Posted June 28, 2012 4:46 EST
The Supremes Rule: Why You Have to Love Lawyers and Politicians
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Like the hero in an old-time movie, Chief Justice John Roberts metaphorically untied Obamacare from the railroad tracks and, with four of his colleagues, pulled it away from the onrushing destructive force of his right-wing colleagues in the nick of time. In doing so he also saved President Obama from political disaster.
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Posted June 27, 2012 6:46 EST
Next stop for liberals after SCOTUS: Medicare for All?
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If the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare tomorrow, how should Dems and liberals respond? Rep. Peter Welch’s suggestion: They should mount a concerted push for Medicare for All — and run hard on it in this fall’s elections.
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Posted June 27, 2012 4:43 EST
Aging Boomers Need Health Care Law
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America faces an unprecedented wave of aging as members of the iconic baby boomer generation turn 65. This year alone, 4 million Americans will join the growing ranks of senior citizens. The Affordable Care Act strengthened the Medicare system that this growing senior population relies on.
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Posted June 25, 2012 3:14 EST
Medicare Patients Get Stuck With Bills
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Rising healthcare costs are reported almost daily. Medicare — the federal insurance program for Americans 65 and older — promises coverage for medical bills that loom larger in our senior years. But thanks to dubious practices by many hospitals, that promise is rapidly eroding.
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Posted June 25, 2012 2:22 EST
Opinion: Medicare Fraud’s Men in Havana
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If the feds’ case sticks, Oscar L. Sanchez will be convicted as a cash-for-Cuba financier of fraudsters, “a capitalist for Cuban banks,” as prosecutors wrote in a court motion, accusing the 46-year-old South Florida man of conspiracy to commit money laundering for a group that funneled $63 million of stolen Medicare payments to Havana banks. You think the Cuban government was in on it?
For the skeptics, I have two words: Robert Vesco.
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Posted June 22, 2012 3:11 EST
Managed Care Will Thrive Despite Reform Debate
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Even with costs growing and political debate raging over reform measures, some health care sectors will still prosper, says John Wasik. One of them is Medicare managed care, which continues to grow and might see more enrollees as policymakers look to resolve fiscal troubles.
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