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Tuesday, 25 September 2012

CQ Researcher Report: Assessing the New Health Care Law
Will it improve care and reduce spending?

In June, the Supreme Court upheld most of the Obama administration's 2010 health care law, allowing the government to fine people who decline to buy medical insurance. But the court barred cutting off Medicaid funds for states that refuse to participate in a new program expanding health care for the poor. Some Republican governors have balked at the expanded coverage, undermining the administration's goal of adding 30 million people to the health insurance rolls. The law's supporters, however, say its benefits already are evident, as children with pre-existing illnesses can no longer lose coverage and young adults can enroll in their parents’ health plans.

• Should the health care law be repealed?
• Will Americans be better off because of the health care law?
• Will the health care law cost too much?

By Marcia Clemmitt
September 21, 2012

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1 Oct 2012
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One aspect of the health care law is that it forces Catholics to act againt the teaching of the Church. 43 dioceses are suing the government over this law. They will have to close their assistance to the poor (social services) if they get no judicial relief.