Law360, Washington (July 24, 2014, 3:01 PM ET) — A resolution that would authorize the U.S. House of Representatives to sue President Barack Obama over the delay of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate moved one step closer to a vote Thursday, when the House Rules Committee approved it for full House review. After a markup hearing, the committee voted in a …
Source: Chris Casteel/Newsok WASHINGTON — Two federal appeals courts issued conflicting decisions Tuesday on whether the Affordable Care Act allows Oklahomans and people in 35 other states to receive tax credits for health insurance purchased on federal exchanges. The high-stakes dispute seems destined for the U.S. Supreme Court, which already has issued major rulings this year and in 2012 on the health …
Source: Christopher Flavelle/Bloomberg View A new survey shows that Obamacare has done a fantastic job of reducing the uninsurance rate — for everybody except blacks. The share of Americans age 19 to 64 without health insurance fell from 20 percent last summer to 15 percent this spring, according to a telephone survey of 4,425 people from the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit health-care research …
Source: Chris Casteel/NewsOK.com WASHINGTON — With senators nearly as divided as U.S. Supreme Court justices, the Senate headed for a test vote on Wednesday on a bill that would effectively reverse the high court’s recent decision to allow some for-profit companies to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives. The showdown comes two weeks after the court sided 5-4 with Hobby …
