Obamacare, Day 3, Part II

This afternoon the Supreme Court heard the last of four oral arguments dealing with Obamacare…the states’ argument that Obamacare’s new mandates concerning Medicaid are an unconstitutional intrusion into states’ rights.  You can listen to the argument here, and read the transcript of the argument here. The states can opt out of this expansion if they want…

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Obamacare, Day 3, Part I

This morning the Supreme Court heard the beginning of the third and final day of argument concerning Obamacare.  That argument was devoted to the issue of severability…that is , if the individual mandate is found to be unconstitutional, does the rest of the law fall, or only some, or none of the rest of the law…

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Obamacare, Day 2

Today the Supreme Court heard two hours of oral argument dealing with the constitutionality of Obamacare’s mandate that all persons (with limited exceptions) purchase “qualified” health insurance or pay a penalty.  You can listen to the audio tapes of this argument here, and read a transcript of the arguments here.

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Obamacare, Day 1

This morning the Supreme Court heard the first of what will be three days of oral argument concerning Obamacare. Today’s argument dealt solely with the issue of whether the Court has jurisdiction to consider the case at this time because the penalty for failure to have minimum coverage is, in fact a tax, and under…

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Pre-argument developments in Obamacare

As I assume everyone knows, beginning Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of Obamacare. But, there are are two developments that have already happened in the Supreme Court that you should know about.

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