Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court’s Look At Health Care Law’s ‘Employer Mandate’ – Video




Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court's Look At Health Care Law's'Employer Mandate' Judge Napolitano Explains Supreme Court's Look At Health Care Law's'Employer Mandate' By: Andrew Sheets Continue reading

Health care law: Obama administration offers birth control accommodation for religious nonprofits

WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Friday announced a new accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control. The new regulation attempts to create a barrier between religious groups and contraception coverage, through insurers or a third party, that would still give women free access to contraception. Whether religious groups will accept this new approach depends in part on the technical details of how its paid for Continue reading

A case of Obamacare and religious liberty

On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered a lower court to decide on a case involving a clash between religious liberty and Obamacare. Government must tread lightly in defining religion as a way to achieve universal health care and increase access to contraceptives. On Monday, the Supreme Court signaled it might again reconsider the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). Continue reading

The Youth Branch of JESZ set up tents in front of the house of Lajos Bokros (ECHO TV, News) – Video




The Youth Branch of JESZ set up tents in front of the house of Lajos Bokros (ECHO TV, News) “Representatives of the Youth Branch of JESZ (Prosperity and Freedom Democratic Community) demanded to resign his mandate because Mr. Lajos Bokros, after the resignation of Ms Ibolya Dvid, without consulting the new presidency , distanced himself from the party and broke off all contact with them.”From:Bokros Igazi ArcaViews:6 0ratingsTime:02:02More inNews Politics Continue reading

Tax man set to police Americans on health insurance

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2 1/2 years, when they’ll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance. That scenario puts the Internal Revenue Service at the center of the debate, renewing questions about whether the agency is capable of policing the health care decisions of millions of people in the United States while also collecting the taxes needed to run the federal government. Under the law, the IRS will provide tax breaks and incentives to help pay for health insurance and impose penalties on some people who don’t buy coverage and on some businesses that don’t offer it to employees. Continue reading

On health care: The tax man cometh

July 8, 2012 By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about two-and-a-half years, when they’ll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance. That scenario puts the Internal Revenue Service at the center of the debate, renewing questions about whether the agency is capable of policing the health care decisions of millions of people in the United States while also collecting the taxes needed to run the federal government. Under the law, the IRS will provide tax breaks and incentives to help pay for health insurance and impose penalties on some people who don’t buy coverage and on some businesses that don’t offer it to employees. Continue reading

LePage attacks health care law, IRS

1:00 AM By Steve Mistler smistler@pressherald.com Staff Writer Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address Saturday to blast President Barack Obama’s health care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the “new Gestapo.” The IRS description was a reference to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires most Americans to buy health insurance or pay an annual penalty when filing their tax returns. The provision, known more broadly as the individual mandate, was the subject of a multi-state lawsuit but was recently upheld by the U.S Continue reading

Passage of health care law puts spotlight on the IRS

AP file photoHouse Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, R-Mich., walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Courts decision to uphold most of President Barack Obamas health care law puts the Internal Revenue Service at the center of the debate, renewing questions about whether the agency is capable of policing the health care decisions of millions of Americans while also collecting the taxes needed to fund the federal government. WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts decision to uphold most of President Barack Obamas health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about two years, when theyll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance Continue reading

The tax man cometh to police you on health care

WASHINGTONThe Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2 1/2 years, when they’ll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance. That scenario puts the Internal Revenue Service at the center of the debate, renewing questions about whether the agency is capable of policing the health care decisions of millions of people in the United States while also collecting the taxes needed to run the federal government. Continue reading

Stanford Medical School comment on Supreme Court ruling on health-care reform law

Todays Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 advances the broad effort to extend health-care coverage and control medical costs, though it raises questions about how certain provisions of the policy will be implemented, Stanford University School of Medicine experts said. Here are some initial comments on the courts landmark decision. -Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and a member of the Stanford Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research: Barring legislative action to amend it, the law will be enacted over the coming years, though perhaps not exactly as envisioned Continue reading

A Recovering Lawyer on Health Care, the Supreme Court, and 2 Great Stocks

Next week, the Supreme Court will issue its opinion on the Affordable Health Care Act (forgive me for forgoing the silly and uneducated “Obamacare”). Those of us who practiced law but don’t today — we “recovering lawyers” — watch the Court as ex-athletes watch their sports; somehow feeling we’re still in the game. We’re not. Continue reading