Friday, April 06, 2012

Health Care News--4.6.12

 
Gingrich health-care think tank files for bankruptcy protection
Washington Post
The once high-flying health-care think tank that Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich started nearly a decade ago has filed for bankruptcy, its fortunes having sunk rapidly last year as its compelling leader turned his energies to the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Obama seeks to defuse healthcare fight with appeals court
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US courts have authority to decide whether President Barack Obama's healthcare law is valid under the Constitution, his attorney general told a federal court on Thursday in a further bid to defuse a controversy Obama ignited ...
See all stories on this topic »
What GOP must do if health care law overturned
CNN
By Ford C. O'Connell, Special to CNN Tea Party members protesting President Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court on March 27. Ford C. O'Connell: If the law is struck down, GOP must be ready to present an alternative Editor's note: Ford C.
See all stories on this topic »
Obama respects Supreme Court's power, attorney general writes
Los Angeles Times
A letter to a federal judge aims to settle an uproar over the president's remarks about the healthcare law, but questions remain. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) is among Democrats who have defended President Obama's remarks about the Supreme Court and ...
See all stories on this topic »

Los Angeles Times
President Barack Obama's remarks on health care and the Supreme Court
Washington Post
President Barack Obama's remarks this week on the Supreme Court and the legal challenge to the health care law, according to White House transcripts: ___ "Ultimately, I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, ...
See all stories on this topic »
A Company Gingrich Founded to Offer Health Care Advice Files for Bankruptcy
New York Times
The company, the Center for Health Transformation, charged up to $200000 annually to big drug makers, insurance companies and hospitals for Mr. Gingrich's advice, including what he had to say about working the corridors of Washington power, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Gingrich-Founded Health-Care 'Think Tank' Enters Bankruptcy
San Francisco Chronicle
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Gingrich Group LLC, a health-care "think tank" founded by US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors without citing a reason. Gingrich Group, which operates the Center for ...
See all stories on this topic »
Turn-of-century bakery invoked in health care law debate
CNN
Though the Lochner ruling was overturned in 1937, President Barack Obama mentioned the case this week as he sought to defend his administration's Affordable Care Act, a health care reform bill intended to provide coverage to tens of millions of ...
See all stories on this topic »
Feds respond to Houston judge questioning Obama on health care
Houston Chronicle
Smith claimed the president "has troubled many people" with his comment Monday in support of the health care law. "I just remind conservative commentators that for years, what we've heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a ...
See all stories on this topic »
Holder answers judge, defending both judiciary and Obama health care remarks
Christian Science Monitor
Attorney General Eric Holder affirmed Thursday that the judiciary has power to review laws of the land, in reply to a US judge who had taken umbrage at an Obama comment questioning judicial review of his health care law. Obama's remark was consistent ...
See all stories on this topic »

Christian Science Monitor

Blogs
 
Obama administration heeds judges' health care order – CNN ...
By A.Killough
Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder made clear Thursday that the Obama administration recognizes the authority of federal courts, including the Supreme Court, to rule on whether the 2010 health care reform law or any other ...
CNN Political Ticker
Health Care Law Supporters Ought to Be Sentenced to Serve as ...
By Sen. Lamar Alexander
During the debate two years ago over the health care law—which I called an historic mistake because it expanded a health care delivery system we already knew was too expensive, instead of taking steps to reduce its cost two years ago—I ...
The Health Care Blog
Healthcare-NOW! - Against the health care mandate
By Healthcare-NOW!
By Helen Redmond for Socialist Worker - IN A highly charged and polarizing case, the Supreme Court heard a series of legal challenges to President Obama's.
Healthcare-NOW!
Holder: Court has final say on health care law | Campaign 2012 ...
By Hayley Peterson
The president's remarks prompted 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry E. Smith, who was hearing an unrelated case on the health care law in Texas, to demand a Justice Department explanation of those remarks by Thursday. The White ...
Washington Examiner Political Digest
AHIP President Karen Ignangi Talks about Health Care Costs and ...
By Eric Ostermeier
The president of America's Health Insurance Plans targets the role hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and technology firms play in the escalating costs of health care. ahiplogo10.jpg Karen Ignangi, President and Chief Executive Officer of ...
Smart Politics

No comments: