Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Obama on Health Care
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 in favor of the Obama administration on the Affordable Care Act, upholding the constitutionality of the law's individual mandate as a tax. The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, who joined the court's liberal bloc. "The bottom line," SCOTUSBlog writes, is that…
The Great Supreme Court Health Care Case Is a Go
It's officially official! The Supreme Court has agreed to take on the case of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare — it's not a naughty word unless you let it be! — near the end of its current session, as per the White House's request.
Insurers Will Soon Be Required to Cover Birth Control
The Obama administration announced on Monday that health insurance plans must cover birth control with no copays, among other reproductive health care services, as preventative care for women. The requirement will apply to health care plans beginning on or after August 1, 2012. The announcement comes just a month…
House Republicans' Next Target: The Old Peoples' Lobby
The masters of legislative oversight who currently make up America's House Republican majority has another little beef to settle, this time with that most sinister of Washington special interests: The American Association of Retired Persons, a.k.a. the lobby for old people things. If only these geriatrics hadn't…
Will Health Care Reform Be Popular as a Comic Book?
Experts who support the new health care law haven't been able to sway public opinion much with the drab language of health economics. So now they'll just make a comic book — sorry, graphic novel — about it and see if that does the trick. You love comic books and movies about comic books, don't you, America? Well just…
Why Was the Entire Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional?
The 26 states that sued over the new federal health care law picked the perfect judge, Florida's Roger Vinson, for their case. Today he struck down the entire act, using shout-outs to the Tea Party and libertarian blogs. Let's explore.
Comment of the Day: The Appeal of Repeal
Today we heard that a Florida judge found President Obama's health care reform legislation unconstitutional. "Uh oh!", we all cried. "Not good!" Well, one commenter argued, maybe part of the ruling makes sense. They broke it down for us.
Florida Judge Finds Health Care Reform Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Florida has found the new health care law's individual mandate unconstitutional in a 26-state lawsuit.
Republicans Pretend to Repeal Health Care Reform
After a typically insane floor debate, for which Rep. Anthony Weiner made drinking game suggestions, the House voted to repeal Democrats' health care reform law, 245-189. The "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" will now die in the Senate.
Will Obama's Health Care Law 'Kill' Jobs, or Just 'Crush' and 'Destroy' Them?
The Republicans' bill to repeal the new health care law is literally called the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." But Speaker John Boehner is hesitant to use "job-killing" after Tucson. He's considering other slightly less violent terms now.
Repealing Health Care Reform Wouldn't Be Cheap
The Congressional Budget Office finds that repealing health care reform would add $230 billion to budget deficits over the next decade.
Republicans Will Symbolically Repeal Health Care Reform Next Week
House Republicans have set January 12 as the date for their first major legislative feat: repealing the new health care law. It will pass! And then Harry Reid won't bring it up for a Senate vote, the end.
Judge Rules Against Health Care Reform
A much-anticipated ruling against President Obama's health care reform law has come down: Federal judge Henry Hudson has found the law's requirement to purchase health insurance unconstitutional. Two previous judges had upheld it. This will probably reach the Supreme Court.
Old People Turn on Obama Sellout Andy Griffith
The government recently enlisted aged actor Andy Griffith for a commercial showcasing Medicare benefits available through health care reform. North's Carolina's old people, at least, didn't appreciate these lies, and Griffith's favorability rating has dropped 25 percentage points there.

