On the first day of the Supreme Court’s review of health care reform, the court focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and the timing of the lawsuit. If the Anti-Injunction Act applied to reform, then the Supreme Court would not be allowed to rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not comply with the individual mandate. That means, if the Anti-Injunction Act applied then the Supreme Court would have to wait until the individual mandate and penalty for not purchasing health insurance was implemented in 2014. This would delay the decision on health care reform until 2014. <
Posts Tagged With 'Reform'
Supreme Court Review of Health Care Reform
Medicare Reform and Fiscal Reality
Demographic, economic, and political forces have placed unprecedented demands on Medicare that cannot be met without major program reform. The oldest baby boomers have just turned 65, heralding the start of a 70 percent expansion in the Medicare population over the next two decades (Boards of Trustees, Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, 2010, Table II.A3). Continued improvement in our ability to diagnose and treat disease has meant greater longevity and better quality of life, but will drive Medicare costs more sharply upward in the years to come (Congressional Budget Office [CBO], 2010a, Box 1-2). Th
AskBlue Healthcare Reform
The new healthcare reform law passed in 2010 has many individuals and employers scratching their head. Not only is it in depth, and not always straightforward, but there are different aspects to the law that make it even more complicated. With this being the case, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) developed a useful tool called AskBlue Healthcare Reform which is an interactive tool developed to help consumers better understand the new law and learn how it will impact their individual heath insurance policies.
AskBlue Healthcare Reform is accessed through the same name website and offers a simple explanation of healthcare reform and the different aspects throughout the law.
Did a judge just overturn health reform?
You might think so if you happened to glance at headlines like this one on MSNBC: “Federal Judge Strikes Down Health Care Law.”
But the answer is no, health reform has not been overturned. If you are already benefiting from changes created by the Affordable Care Act, you needn’t worry that they are about to vanish.
The Dec. 13 ruling by Henry E. Hudson, a Richmond, Va., federal district judge, found that just one aspect of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional: the so-called “individual mandate” that, come 2014, will require all Americans to have health insurance unless they can prove they can’t afford it.
Hudson is the first federal judge to rule against any aspect of the law. Two other
Election May Affect Health Care Reform
The article found on Commonhealth.wbur.org by Carey Goldberg titled “Election’s Effects On Health Care Reform: New Harvard Public Health Forum Webcast” directs readers to a video of the Forum At Harvard School of Public Health. This webcast was a discussion on the election results which was held Friday, November 5th.
This important discussion points out how powerful these election results may be since Democrats and Republicans have very different opinions on the direction health care reform should take. With Republicans having a very successful election, health care reform may take a major turn affecting health insurance for millions. It’s a