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Did the ACA framers mean to limit subsidies to state exchanges?
The decision in any appeal of Halbig—and therefore the ultimate fate of Obamacare—may rest on that question. The left would like to say it was all a huge oversight and more or less an unfortunate and careless typo or drafting … Continue reading →
What should SCOTUS rule on the subsidies?
It seems altogether clear that SCOTUS will end up ruling in the not-too-distant future on the legality of federal subsidies in states that have declined to establish exchanges. I just predicted that, if only for the sake of not upsetting … Continue reading →
Huge federal court decision on Obamacare—but don’t get too excited
This in just a little while ago: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a huge blow to Obamacare this morning, ruling that the insurance subsidies granted through the federally run health exchange, which covered 36 states … Continue reading →
The Sixties has reached its apotheosis
And it’s fitting somehow that it’s happening in Berkeley: The city of Berkeley will require medical marijuana dispensaries to give away two percent of the amount of cannabis they sell each year free to low-income patients. The City Council voted … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton’s deliberate misstatement of the law in the Hobby Lobby case
Hillary Clinton is smart, and she’s a lawyer. So of course she knows better than this statement she made about the Hobby Lobby SCOTUS decision: It’s very troubling that a salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception, which is pretty … Continue reading →
Abandoning the Obamacare employer mandate
Now Democrats may be poised to abandon the Obamacare employer mandate, according to this article. They just won’t do it before the election of 2014: More and more liberal activists and policy experts who help shape Democratic thinking on health … Continue reading →
Birth control: it’s free!
Isn’t this wonderful? More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control under President Barack Obama’s health law, a major coverage shift that’s likely to advance. …The share of privately insured women who got their birth control … Continue reading →
The left and Hobby Lobby: fanning the flames
I was curious about the reaction of liberal blogs to the Hobby Lobby ruling, and clicked on HuffPo and immediately saw this, right at the top, filling the width of the entire page: THE OPERATIVES [in HUGE blue font, with … Continue reading →
SCOTUS rules against Obamacare and for religious freedom in Hobby Lobby
But it’s a relatively narrow ruling. It was also another 5-4 decision, indicating how small the margin usually is on the Court. The swing vote this time—the vote that distinguished it from the all-important “is it a tax or a … Continue reading →
Surprise, surprise [UPDATED]
The only surprise, perhaps, is that the LA Times is covering it: The large subsidies for health insurance that helped fuel the successful drive to sign up some 8 million Americans for coverage under the Affordable Care Act may push … Continue reading →
The public does not ♥ Obamacare
Despite all efforts, Obama and the Democrats have not been able to make the public like Obamacare, a fact reflected in polls such as this one from Gallup. This is the chart that must make them gnash their teeth: It … Continue reading →