Obamacare

At last! On the final day of the term, having saved Obamacare and only slightly abridged LGBTQ equality, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority did what the Federalist Society, Donald Trump, and a coterie of dark money funders put them there to do: degrade American democracy. In two cases, both split…

Nuke-the-filibuster advocates argue that the GOP can reverse bad laws when they come to power. Except they almost never do. See: Obamacare. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n the Wall Street Journal, F. H. Buckley makes the conservative case for dismantling the legislative filibuster. Though Senate procedure may stop bad laws…

With the coronavirus pandemic waning across the United States, a new government report has kicked up a surprising and groundbreaking health statistic: Medicaid enrollment now tops 80 million people. That means nearly one in four Americans rely on the public program for health insurance coverage—eight million more than just a…

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to uphold Obamacare and Vince Coglianese says the ruling proves liberals were wrong with their Amy Coney Barrett fear mongering in a new episode of Vince And Jason Save the Nation. “It was really about standing, whether or not the parties in question were hurt…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing the law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue. Thursday’s 7-2 ruling was the third time the court…

Obamacare patients and advocates expressed feelings of deep relief, hope and cynicism Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld the health care law against a challenge by Texas and 17 other Republican-led states. The court, by a 7-2 vote, rejected the states' claim that Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, was…

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The Supreme Court slammed Texas and other Republican-led states’ attempts on Thursday to take down Obamacare. The 18 Republican states challenged whether the individual mandate, a requirement by law for people to purchase healthcare, can be cut from the rest of the law or if they can repeal the legislation…

Washington The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact Thursday in ruling that Texas, other Republican-led states, and two individuals had no grounds to bring their lawsuit…