Monday, July 2, 2012
The Supreme Court decision could mean fewer uninsured New Jerseyans, and a renewed drive to improve healthcare while driving down costs
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Monday, July 2, 2012
By Beth Fitzgerald and Colleen O'Dea of NJ Spotlight The Supreme Court's decision upholding the Affordable Care Act could clear the way for New Jersey to extend health coverage to nearly half of the state's more than one million uninsured. Then again, it is unclear whether state Republicans, including the governor, will try to block the law's implementation and join the legal argument that members of the national GOP have vowed to continue after learning that the court affirmed the ACA 5-4 on Thursday. New Jersey healthcare executives, doctors, and Democratic legislators reacted positively — in some cases jubilantly — to the court's decision and said they would return with renewed vigor to implementing the law. First on the agenda is …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg calls court decision "a huge win for the American people."
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, a Democrat, and Republican Gov. Chris Christie responded Thursday to the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold parts of the Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare." In a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld most of the act. The court upheld the requirement that every American purchase health insurance or else pay a penalty, as a tax decision and upheld it on those grounds. The governor in May vetoed a bill to create a health exchange in New Jersey where small businesses and the uninsured could shop for lower cost coverage. Christie said at the time he wanted to wait for the Supreme Court’s ruling. Weinberg issued the following statement: “This is a huge win for the President, and a huge win for the …
In a complicated decision, the justices upheld most of the health care reform legislation popularly known as Obamacare.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Do you agree with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding most of President Obama's signature health care reform legislation? By a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld most of the act, although the opinion is a complicated one. The court upheld the requirement that every American purchase health insurance or else pay a penalty, as a tax decision and upheld it on those grounds, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts. "Our precedent demonstrates that Congress has the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000 under the taxing power, and that Section 5000 need not be read to do more than impose a tax," Roberts wrote in one of the key sentences from the opinion. Click here to read the full text of the opinion. Vote in our poll …
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2:16 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Why stop at 26? why not 62? I really don't understand...... more ›