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Los Angeles Times New health law delivers $2.1 billion in Medicare savings on drugsLos Angeles TimesBy Noam N. Levey In the first full year of the new healthcare law, 3.6 million people in the government Medicare program saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs in 2011, the Obama administration announced Thursday. The savings are one of [...]

Health reform law saves $2.1 billion for 3.6 million Americans with MedicareMarketWatch (press release)According to a new report issued today from HHS, the average person with Medicare will save nearly $4200 by 2021 because of the new law. "The Affordable Care Act is already saving money for millions of Americans with Medicare," said HHS Secretary [...]

House votes to repeal long-term care program in health care lawWashington PostWASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to repeal a financially troubled part of the 2010 health care law that was designed to provide affordable long-term care insurance. The House vote comes months after the Obama administration …and more » View full post on [...]

TPMDC House votes to repeal part of 2010 health care lawThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to repeal a financially troubled part of the 2010 health care law that was designed to provide affordable long-term care insurance. The House vote comes months after the Obama …House votes to repeal part [...]

ABC News Will Holy War Over Health Care Law Cost Obama the Catholic Vote?Fox News (blog)Catholics are fired up over new rules implementing Obama's health care reform law forcing Catholic universities, hospitals, and charities to provide insurance for their employees covering contraception — even though that violates church teachings.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal government on Jan. 27 filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, saying cases pending before the court challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) do not present an occasion to consider issues of severability because the minimum coverage provision contained in the act is constitutional (Florida, et [...]

Plain Dealer Catholic Church's opposition to contraception turns health care law into …Plain DealerScott Applewhite, Associated PressThe Supreme Court already is scheduled to hear arguments on the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010 certainly has its share of critics, especially amongst conservatives.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at [...]

Daily Mail Holy war over health care law? Obama angers Catholic leadersFox NewsCatholics are fired up over new rules implementing Obama's health care reform law forcing Catholic universities, hospitals, and charities to provide insurance for their employees covering contraception — even though that violates church teachings.Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic CollegesNew York [...]

Politico How Many Lives Does the Health Care Reform Cat Have Left?Huffington Post (blog)The law has survived a slew of near-death moments, but 2012 brings new lethal traps for the first-ever law that makes health coverage a right for almost all Americans. First up is the US Supreme Court, which will hold three days of [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY – The owners and operators of a durable medical equipment (DME) company in Oklahoma were sentenced Jan. 26 to a year in prison and ordered to pay restitution for their participation in a health care fraud scheme against Medicare (United States of America v. Adedayo O. Adegboye, et al., No. CR-11-030, W.D. Okla.). [...]