Health Reform Devolves Into ‘Unaffordable Under-Insurance’

From In These Times – Healthcare reform in the shape of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) was supposed to relieve working Americans of the burdens of rising healthcare costs... 

Insurance Mandate May Be Health Bill’s Undoing

From the New York Times – As Barack Obama battled Hillary Rodham Clinton over health care during the Democratic presidential primaries of 2008, he was adamant about one thing: Americans, he insisted,... 

Gallup: Uninsured adults rising

By Tim Mak for Politico – None of the components of President Obama’s health care law that have taken effect appear to be affecting insurance coverage of adults over 26, according to a new poll... 

Health Law to Be Revised by Ending a Program

By Robert Pear for the New York Times – The Obama administration announced Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it was too costly... 

Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate?

Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’ By John Nichols for The Nation – The essential vote on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that ruled that the individual-coverage mandate... 

11th Circuit: Health Care Law’s Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional

From Talking Points Memo – In a split decision, a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the health care law’s individual mandate exceeds Congress’... 

Kill Bill: Death to Obamacare

By Dave Lindorff for Counterpunch – When Obama came to my neighborhood this week to press for public support for his health “reform” bill, he wasn’t just greeted by teaparty hecklers. Speaking...