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July 12, 2012

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In late June, the Supreme Court upheld most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. To read the Court’s entire ruling on the individual mandate as well as the Medicaid expansion requirements, access the Court’s PDF here.

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March 4, 2011

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Click here to read the letter from 42 GOP Senators asking President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick to serve as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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March 1, 2011

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Click here to read the joint Congressional report by the Senate Finace Committee and the House Engergy & Commerce Committee.  The report finds that the Medicaid expansion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cost state tax payers at least $118.04 billion.  Check out the financial impact on your state.

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February 2, 2011

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Click here to read Judge Vinson’s ruling that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is Unconstitutional.

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January 27, 2011

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Click here to read former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director, Doug Holtz-Eakin’s paper from the American Action Forum.  By repealing Obamacare, Congress could save up to 695,000 jobs and cut the deficit by $279.7 billion.

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January 11, 2011

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Click here to read the Republican Governors’ letter to Congressional leaders and the Administration.  In the letter the governors request more flexibility for states in managing Medicaid and relief from the federal Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requrements in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

October 4, 2010

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Click here to read the Congressional Research Service Memorandum for Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) which discusses the effect that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will have on private insurance plans entering the state health benefit exchanges.

August 6, 2010

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Click here to read the Medicare Chief Actuary’s Alternative Report to the 2010 Medicare Trustees’ Report where for the first time in Medicare history, the Chief Actuary has called the projections in the Report “unreasonable” and “implausible.”

August 5, 2010

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Click here to read the 2010 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds

August 4, 2010

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Click here to read the letter from Senator Ensign to the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor concerning rules in Obamacare that can negatively impact employers.