US judges seem receptive to health care challenge by 26 States

US judges seem receptive to health care challenge by 26 States...The Atlanta panel did not immediately rule on the lawsuit brought by 26 states, a coalition of small businesses and private individuals who urged the three to side with a Florida judge who struck down the law. And it's never easy to predict how an appeals panel will decide. But during almost three hours of oral arguments, the judges asked pointed questions about the so-called individual mandate, which the federal government says is needed to expand coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans. With other challenges to the law before other federal appeals courts, lawyers expect that its fate will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9NNRO382&show_article=1

Groups Target Justice Thomas' Wife's Work to Force Him to Sit Out High Court Rulings on Health Care/OBAMACARE

Groups Target Justice Thomas' Wife's Work to Force Him to Sit Out High Court Rulings on Health Care/OBAMACARE...Eyeing a potential 5-4 decision on President Obama's Affordable Care health care reforms, some Democratic lawmakers are trying to pressure Justice Clarence Thomas to sit out any health care case that may come before the Supreme Court. And in an added tack to influence the court's decision-making, one election watchdog has demanded an FBI probe of the justice over a 2010 campaign finance ruling..."If there's anyone who needs to recuse themselves from the health care cases it's Elena Kagan,"

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/30/groups-target-thomas-wife-seek-ouster-high-court-rulings/

How ObamaCare Will Kill Americans

How ObamaCare Will Kill Americans...A major segment of ObamaCare will force cuts in drug and medical device research that “will kill more people than it will help,” according to a study ... The government medical program was sold as better health at lower cost. But estimated economic cost will total $1.7 trillion, resulting in 32 million lost years of life.

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/31/how-obamacare-will-kill-americans/

Democrats Plan: Destroy U.S. Healthcare So They Can Re-Build it in Socialist Image

Democrats Plan: Destroy U.S. Healthcare So They Can Re-Build it in Socialist Image... Obama and the Democrats want the sort of healthcare of which they fully control every aspect..Obama and his Democrat pals have been lying to you, America. They do not want to find a cure for America’s obviously ailing healthcare system. They want to erect its headstone. Democrats want to destroy every aspect of our healthcare system. They have to, you see, because if they don’t they cannot rebuild it to operate under a socialist model.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/36982

WA keeps illegal alien children in state health plan

WA keeps illegal alien children in state health plan...The Washington state Legislature has approved changes to the state's health care program for poor kids, allowing a raise in premiums for illegal alien children to keep them enrolled.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015148850_apwaxgrbudgetchildrenshealth.html

New Georgia Law OKs Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines

New Georgia Law OKs Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines..The GOP controlled legislature passed, and GOP Governor Deal signed into law a bill authorizing the sale of health insurance policies approved for sale in other states. The law is aimed at those who do not have employer-provided health insurance and the self-employed..Predictably, Democrats opposed the increased choices offered by a competition, free-market solution, preferring to restrict consumers to a government controlled market with few coverage options instead.

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/new-georgia-law-oks-health-insurance-sales-across-state-lines/

AARP's ObamaCare Endgame Revealed - Where is the senior outrage?

AARP's ObamaCare Endgame Revealed - Where is the senior outrage? ...AARP has joined more than 1300 entities granted the freedom to compensate for the higher costs assured by Obamacare's overregulation of the health care and insurance markets. AARP's actions will end up contributing to seniors' health care quality falling and costs rising-by government fiat.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/aarps_obamacare_endgame_reveal.html

Alabama lawmakers expect votes on immigration and tenure by June 9

Alabama lawmakers expect votes on immigration and tenure by June 9..MAJOR PENDING LEGISLATION > State and education budgets > Tenure law overhaul > Arizona- style immigration bill > Forever Wild renewal referendum > Public employee pension changes
> New congressional districts > Photo ID voter bill > Health care opt-out referendum

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/05/alabama_lawmakers_expect_votes.html

MD: High cost of supporting Maryland's illegals

MD: High cost of supporting Maryland's illegals.. liberal Democratic-controlled MD is a sanctuary state for illegal aliens..Any governor, mayor or local official who offers sanctuary to illegal aliens and prohibits the police from enforcing the federal law is in violation..estimated illegal alien population in Maryland to be 300,000..direct cost to MD taxpayers forced to support the illegal population include education, health and incarceration..education more than $966 million annually..additional $250 million is spent providing special English instruction.. total cost for educating the children of illegals is more than $1.2 billion a year..Health care for illegals in MD costs $167 million a year and incarceration of illegal alien criminals costs $29 million. There are additional indirect costs.

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=25131&docId=l:1420899656&start=1

Massachusetts: Budget plan will not restore immigrants’ health care (legal immigrants)

Massachusetts: Budget plan will not restore immigrants’ health care (legal immigrants)..budget plan released yesterday does not include money for expanding health insurance coverage for legal immigrants, and the chamber’s chief budget writer said lawmakers will not act to reinstate immigrants to a state health plan unless a court tells them to.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/05/19/budget_plan_will_not_restore_immigrants_health_care/

Obamacare: HHS approves 200 more new healthcare reform waivers

Obamacare: HHS approves 200 more new healthcare reform waivers...The Obama administration approved 204 new waivers to Democrats' healthcare reform law over the past month, bringing the total to 1,372. The waivers are temporary and only apply to one provision of the law, which requires health plans to offer at least $750,000 worth of annual medical benefits before leaving patients to fend for themselves...

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/161203-hhs-approves-200-more-new-healthcare-reform-waivers-

Obama scheme for health care quality dealt a setback

Obama scheme for health care quality dealt a setback...Obama's main idea for getting quality health care at less cost was in jeopardy Wednesday after key medical providers called his administration's initial blueprint so complex it's unworkable. -- Just over a month ago, the administration released long-awaited draft regulations for "accountable care organizations," networks of doctors and hospitals that would collaborate to keep Medicare patients healthier

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110511/ap_on_he_me/us_health_care_setback

Healthcare law showdowns loom in appeals courts

Healthcare law showdowns loom in appeals courts...Within the next few weeks, lawyers from 27 states will urge three U.S. appeals courts to strike down President Obama's healthcare law. First up: a hearing Tuesday before the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-na-health-court-20110510,0,729942.story

More chicanery from Calif. Democrats: Health insurance for illegals (SB810)

More chicanery from Calif. Democrats: Health insurance for illegals (SB810)
Democrats in California have revived a bill that would create a single-payer health care system that would provide health care for everyone, including illegal [aliens]. -- It would replace Obama's health care reform legislation with a more comprehensive system - one its advocates say would cost everyone no more than what we already pay...

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_18021600

Phoenix, AZ: Rally backs health care for illegals

Phoenix, AZ: Rally backs health care for illegals...More than 300 doctors and other health professionals from across the country gathered Thursday at the Arizona Capitol to protest the state's anti-illegal immigration law, saying it prevents a vulnerable community from receiving necessary medical care. -- Jaime Farrant, a policy director with the Border Action Network, said Arizona was fortunate that lawmakers this year failed to pass a proposal

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rally-backs-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-1367883.php

House votes to block money for health care program (Obamacare)

House votes to block money for health care program (Obamacare)..voted to block money for a program in last year's health care law providing for construction of school-based health centers..House Republicans objected to the authority given the health and human services secretary to distribute grants for the program without getting congressional approval. CBO estimated that the legislation would save the government about $100 million..The vote came a day after House Republicans passed a bill to stop funding a key element of the health care law, the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges. Neither bill is expected to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate

http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2011/05/04/house_votes_to_block_money_for_health_care_program

Phoenix: Doctors rally Thursday against AZ immigration legislation

Phoenix: Doctors rally Thursday against AZ immigration legislation...Doctors and health care providers plan to rally Thursday at the State Capitol against immigration legislation.Over 200 doctors from around the United States are in Phoenix attending a medical conference.They’re joining Arizona-based doctors, nurses and midwives, and local immigrant’s rights advocacy organizations for a public demonstration.Health care professionals say they intend to bring attention to worsening health and mental well-being that anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona has caused.

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/05/05/doctors-rally-against-immigration-legislation/

Obamacare: States ask US court to overturn health overhaul

Obamacare: States ask US court to overturn health overhaul...More than two dozen states challenging the health care overhaul urged a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to strike down the Obama administration's landmark law, arguing it far exceeds the federal government's powers..The motion, filed on behalf of 26 states, urges the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold a Florida federal judge's ruling that the overhaul's core requirement is unconstitutional. The judge, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, said Congress cannot require nearly all Americans to carry health insurance.

http://hosted2.ap.org/AZMES/140fe8300e9c43bab097b794ca7594c6/Article_2011-05-04-US-Health-Overhaul-Lawsuit/id-0bc0d4cee5b8438a9153f5b281bab7a6

Vermont: Illegal immigrant amendment dropped from health care bill

Vermont: Illegal immigrant amendment dropped from health care bill...A large group rallied in Montpelier Sunday and Monday, urging lawmakers to drop a provision that would have barred illegal aliens from receiving health care coverage. On Monday night, Senate negotiators agreed to strike the amendment until further studies can be conducted.

http://www.wcax.com/story/14559776/illegal-immigrant-amendment-dropped-from-health-care-bill

Cook County, Illnois Taxpayers Will Foot the Bill for 550,000 ILLEGALS’ Health Care

Cook County, Illnois Taxpayers Will Foot the Bill for 550,000 ILLEGALS’ Health Care..Without access to health insurance, the burden of paying for health care for the local illegal population will fall mostly on the county. (NOT IF YOU ENFORCE ALL LAWS AND CLEAN ILLEGALS OUT OF YOUR STATE! HAVEN'T WE ALL BEEN PAYING FOR ILLEGALS FOR YEARS???)

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/chicago/article_428c48ef-7702-533d-8c81-6e6286cde195.html