For starters, expect quick enactment of legislation expanding the scope of SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program), which Bill Clinton began in the 1990s to make sure kids had health insurance even if their families didn't qualify for Medicaid.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who was among the first to challenge the constitutionality of the mandated health insurance provisions of the health care reform legislation, won a major round today as Judge Henry Hudson agreed that forcing Americans to purchase health care insurance exceeds the constitutional authority of Congress.
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But under the current versions of the health care legislation, the insurance on the exchanges would be more generous than what Medicare provides.
We think that the way exchanges are structured and other components of the legislation will increase the amount of choice and competition that people have in picking health insurance.
The SHOP is a key part of the legislation that will allow small businesses to buy more affordable health insurance on the health insurance exchange instead of going through one broker.
Thirty-two people -- 32 million people are going to have health insurance because of this legislation.
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The thing is, that particular piece of legislation included a mandate requiring all Americans without health insurance to purchase the same.
You guessed it. 60% of those polled object to the legislation requiring that everyone who does not have health insurance be forced to buy it.
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"The most unacceptable thing to me is that there be a piece of legislation that encourages lawsuits and discourages American citizens from being able to afford health insurance, " Bush told reporters after the meeting.
Appellants have not argued that health care and health insurance are uniquely state concerns, and decades of established federal legislation in these areas suggest the contrary.
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To be fair there have been credit card reform, children's health insurance -- there have been a series of pieces of legislation passed by this President that enjoy bipartisan support.
It is clear that the President was talking about matters like this that involve the Commerce Clause, that involve Congress passing legislation to deal with issues of national economic importance -- national economic matters like health insurance, which is clearly a national economic issue.
"It is now evident that an ugly campaign is under way not merely to misrepresent the health insurance reform legislation, but to disrupt public meetings and prevent members of Congress and constituents from conducting a civil dialogue, " Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer wrote in a recent commentary.
In effect, while the legislation would enhance access to insurance, the trade-off would be an accelerated crisis of health-care costs and perpetuation of the current dysfunctional system now with many more participants.
In August, citizens of the Show Me State voted by 71% for the ALEC-backed legislation opposing the ObamaCare mandate to buy health insurance.
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Oh yes, and given the demonstrated link between having health insurance and living longer, it may also be a pretty powerful piece of pro-life legislation.
This was not the intent of the reform legislation and was, in fact, one of the primary reasons why the law seeks to mandate that all Americans have health insurance.
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