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Court Upholds Health Care Law, Individual Mandate Survives as Tax
The long-awaited Supreme Court vote on Obamacare Thursday upheld the individual mandate, which requires individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine, as a tax.
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Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate As A Tax
The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in Obamacare, paving the way for full implementation of the law in the states and ensuring that millions of uninsured Americans …
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Who Bankrolled the Fight Against the Health Care Law?
The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), is a highly partisan front …
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Why the Supreme Court Will Uphold the Constitutionality of the Health Care Law
Robert Reich discusses the Supreme Court's imminent decision on the health care law.
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Seventy-Three Percent of American Youth Now Have Insurance Due to Health Care Law
A Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is expected on Thursday. The law would increase access to millions of Americans, …
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How to Fix Health Care Without the Mandate
70 percent of Americans favor expanding the existing Medicaid program to cover more low-income, uninsured adults.
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Controversial Drug Receives Military Restrictions and FDA Warnings as Its Patent Expires
The military blew millions of dollars only to discover that antipsychotics are not effective against post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Global Moma: From Taking Care of My Kids to Taking Care of My Parents
My mom is the primary caregiver for my father right now. But his recent fall and my trip have started me thinking about a lot of things. About the …
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Will We Love the Health Care Law if It Dies?
“Obamacare” isn't about President Obama. It's about beginning to bring an end to the scandal of a very rich nation leaving so many of its citizens without basic health …
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Metaphor and Health Care: On the Power to Make Metaphor Into Law
The argument is that if the government can force you to buy one product, it can force you to buy any product - even broccoli.