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On health care, Obama shames Supreme Court

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - With the health care reform that was the signature accomplishment of his tenure hanging in the balance, President Obama is effectively trying to shame the Supreme Court into upholding the law...
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Obama confident health care law will be upheld

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident that the law will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court...
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HEALTH CARE REFORM. The historic $940 billion health care reform bill will allow 32 million additional Americans to receive health care coverage. Under the terms of the legislation, insurance companies cannot arbitrarily drop policy holders. Insurance companies cannot deny children coverage based on a preexisting condition, and in 2014, insurance companies may not deny coverage to anyone with a preexisting condition. Children can stay on their parent’s insurance plans through age 26. People who make between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible for subsidies to purchase insurance. Further, Medicaid would be available to everyone with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level, which is $10,830 for an individual and $22,050 for a family of four. In recent years, one-third of working age African-American adults, more than 6 million people, have been uninsured. According to the Urban Institute, health disparities among African-Americans and Latinos relative to whites cost the U.S. health care system $23.9 billion in 2009. From 2009 through 2018, it is estimated the total cost of these disparities will be $337 billion.

Overturning ‘Obamacare’ could lead to single-payer

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A ULCA law professor said that opponents of the 2010 Affordable Care Act might celebrate a victory if the Supreme Court declares parts of it unconstitutional but it will be short lived as alternatives are presented...
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Justices meet Friday to vote on health care case

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WASHINGTON (AP) - While the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic health care case by the time they go home this weekend...
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Millions of blacks' health insurance in danger

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - A Supreme Court decision striking down President Obama's entire health care law would keep an 7 million African-Americans from getting insurance..
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Millions of blacks' health insurance in danger

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - A Supreme Court decision striking down President Obama's entire health care law would keep an 7 million African-Americans from getting insurance..
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Supreme Court puts 'Obamacare' in peril

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservative justices cast repeated doubts about the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law in a key hearing on Tuesday...
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The Supreme Court's health care hearings are critical

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - Health care reform is perhaps the signature legislative achievement of the president's tenure. The court gutting the law would damage Obama's legacy as president...
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How the Affordable Care Act is helping blacks

Valerie Jarrett
OPINION - It has been two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, and already, the new law is improving the lives of African-Americans...
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Obama to revise birth control policy

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A person familiar with the decision says President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious employers outraged by a rule that would require them to cover birth control for women free of charge...
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