Caesar Rodney Institute briefs the constitutionality of the health care individual mandate before the U.S. Supreme Court On February 13, 2012, the Caesar Rodney Institute filed an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief with the U. S. Supreme Court challenging ...
Read MoreMonday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the constitutionality of the PPACA, the patient protection and affordable care act. This is President Barack Obama’s centerpiece legislation of his political career and in many ways defines his presidency. What th...
Read More9/11/2012 With the elevation of Paul Ryan to the national stage, the debate about national healthcare policy is front and center. At the core of the debate is affordability. The 2010 healthcare reform legislation known as the "Affordable Care Act", or "Obamacare" by its ...
Read MoreWith all the churning going on about President Obamas health care plan, I cant help but wonder if his plan had been in place in 2002, whether I would be alive today or not. Lest you think Im being unduly dramatic, you should know that seven years ago I had a malignant polyp removed from my colon....
Read MoreFederal lawmakers are interested in changing the law that prohibits non-group/individual health insurance from being sold across state lines. For example, Representative John Shadeggs (R-AZ) and Senator Jim DeMints (R-SC) Health Care Choice Act (H.R. 2355 and S.1015) would amend current law to allow...
Read More10/23/2012 Healthcare reform is a very complicated issue, filled with questionable motivations, many special interests, a lack of funding with a distorted supply/demand ratio, and plenty of hyperbole just for good measure. ...
Read More10/25/2012 The core argument upon which the health care political campaigns rest is based on mis-information, emotion, jealousy, greed, fear and empty promises. It is a perfect political issue. One side professes to provide free health care for all, forever with no cost to the user (unless ...
Read MoreThe recently passed health care reform bill not fix health care. It intends to fix the insolvent governments bankrupt insurance products, Medicare and Medicaid, but probably wont do that either. It does raise taxes on everyone who pays taxes, currently 53% of the citizen population. It will not inc...
Read MoreHere is the actual Brief filed with the Courts.
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With the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the national health policy debate has entered a new phase. Washington has embarked on an effort to exercise control over the entire health care sector of the economy, which now accounts for one out of every six dollars in American...
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