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MyFox Detroit Report: Health care law rebates to top $1BFox NewsThe law requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical care and quality improvements — or issue rebates to policyholders. "This is one of the most tangible benefits of the health reform law that consumers will …US health [...]

ABC News HIV/AIDS activists hoping anxiously that health care law survives Supreme …Washington PostAmong its many provisions, the health care law has two major benefits for HIV-positive people: It expands Medicaid so that those with low incomes can get earlier access to treatment, and it eliminates limits on pre-existing conditions that have …President's health care [...]

Kansas City Star John Arensmeyer column: Health care law good for small businessWisconsin Rapids TribuneBut with the health care law under fire in the Supreme Court, it's worth noting that excessive rate hikes are exactly what the Affordable Care Act aims to remedy. If the legislation is struck down, small business owners' coverage costs will [...]

Kansas City Star President's health care law is flawedSan Antonio ExpressIn fact, opposition to the new law has grown. A recent Gallup poll reveals that two-thirds of Americans either support getting rid of the controversial individual insurance mandate that is the core of the PPACA, or favor repealing the entire law.Court Hearings Don't Move Public [...]

Your Legal Corner: Designated health care representativeGloucester County Times – NJ.comBy Victoria M. Dalton, Esq. Today Your Legal Corner provides information for the “Designated Health Care Representative” with regard to end of life decisions. If you have been nominated as a Health Care Representative in a Living Will or within a Power … View full [...]

Commentary: On health care law, Congress deserves a do-overKansas City StarLast week, President Barack Obama laid down a marker to the Supreme Court: Invalidate the health care law, and the court itself will become an issue in the election. He warned the justices against taking the “unprecedented, extraordinary step of …and more » View full post [...]

New York Times Romney health care law anniversary overshadowedCNN (blog)Mitt Romney signed into law his state's historic bipartisan health care bill, the anniversary over the controversial measure was overshadowed by another political controversy. The firestorm on Thursday focused on comments made Wednesday night by …Obama team celebrates anniversary of Romney's health care lawCBS NewsCelebrating Health [...]

HealthyState.org Fox News Poll: 56% Say Obama Tried to Intimidate Court on Health CareFox NewsMost voters want at least part of the law overturned. Some 42 percent think the Supreme Court should toss out the whole law, while 24 percent take the middle ground and think the court should keep most of it but rule [...]

USA TODAY Impact of health care law on US deficitFox NewsCHARLES BLAHOUS, SOCIAL SECURITY/MEDICARE TRUSTEE: This is the most far reaching and economically significant law passed by the Congress in many years. And as a consequence it's going to affect federal deficits either hundreds of billions of dollars to …Health-care law will add $340 billion [...]

New York Times Obama team celebrates anniversary of Romney's health care lawCBS NewsSix years after Mitt Romney signed into law a signature health care reform package in Massachusetts, it's his chief political rival, Barack Obama, who's celebrating. President Obama's re-election team on Thursday released a three-minute web video …Celebrating Health Law, With a Poke at [...]