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KHN legal analyst Stuart Taylor talks to Jackie Judd about the source of constitutional authority that the Supreme Court found to uphold the law -- and the options states will have for the Medicaid program.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Obama react to Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the health law with speeches.
The Supreme Court said the federal health law cannot force states to participate in the planned expansion of Medicaid. But since the federal government was paying the bulk of the bill, will states really forego the option?
The Supreme Court Thursday gave states the option to skip the Medicaid expansion, but the pressure of accepting millions in new federal dollars to pay for coverage for low-income people may be too great.
The ruling on Medicaid creates a new arena for political battles in the 26 states that sued to overturn the law. Within hours of the decision, Republican officials in several states said they were likely to oppose expanding the program.
Four conservative justices write that the majority "regards its strained statutory interpretation as judicial modesty. It is not."
The chief justice also says that the court "does not express any opinion on the wisdom of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Constitution, that judgment is re-served to the people."
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said after the Supreme Court ruling on the health law Thursday that though the court said the law wasn't unconstitutional, it didn't say that the law was good policy either. Romney reiterated his promise to repeal the law if elected.
President Obama said the Supreme Court's landmark decision Thursday to uphold the health care reform law was a victory for all Americans who will now be more secure because of it.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey, Stuart Taylor and Julie Appleby are joined by SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein and Lyle Denniston to break down Thursday's landmark Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the health law.
The law contains a number of provisions that are changing the rules of health care for consumers.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey, Stuart Taylor and Julie Appleby are joined by SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein and Lyle Denniston to break down Thursday's landmark Supreme Court decision.
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On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department released new proposed rules to protect patients from abusive debt collection practices at nonprofit hospitals.
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