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The Time Bomb In Obamacare, The Washington Post
Friday, January 18, 2013
The Mandate After The Court, National Review Online
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare left champions of that law breathing a sigh of relief, while its opponents — a majority of the public — were left frustrated. It seemed at first glance as though the chief justice’s tortured opinion had saved the individual mandate, and with it the broader statute. But Obamacare’s champions should take a closer look at what the Court left them with, because on their own terms, the law is now set to collapse.
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D4PC "Morning Rounds", Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Physicians Offer Perspective on SCOTUS Decision
Thursday, June 28, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2012
CONTACT
Dan Rene of Levick Strategic Communications
202-973-1325 or drene@levick.com
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It's Not Just The Mandates: Obamacare's Other Infringements, PJ Media
Friday, March 30, 2012
“Unexpected” cost overruns are nothing new for government programs. When Medicare was passed in 1965, it was predicted the program would "only" cost $12 billion by 1990 (it actually cost a whopping $110 billion per year by 1990, nearly 10 times more than predicted).
The rapidly rising costs of ObamaCare will likely far outpace the amount by which Medicare exceeded its original cost estimates. But the soaring economic costs of ObamaCare will pale in comparison to the escalating losses of freedom.
The infringement of personal freedom receiving the most attention lately has been the “individual mandate” which requires Americans to purchase health insurance. This issue is at the heart of the current legal challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lost in the debate, however, is the fact that ObamaCare also poses numerous other mandates, controls and burdens on patients, their doctors and employers. Read more about these burdens in an article from D4PC's Dr. Paul Hsieh, here.
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The rapidly rising costs of ObamaCare will likely far outpace the amount by which Medicare exceeded its original cost estimates. But the soaring economic costs of ObamaCare will pale in comparison to the escalating losses of freedom.
The infringement of personal freedom receiving the most attention lately has been the “individual mandate” which requires Americans to purchase health insurance. This issue is at the heart of the current legal challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lost in the debate, however, is the fact that ObamaCare also poses numerous other mandates, controls and burdens on patients, their doctors and employers. Read more about these burdens in an article from D4PC's Dr. Paul Hsieh, here.
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Justices Take Historic Vote Today, Health Care Lawsuits
Friday, March 30, 2012
Although their decision will not become public until late June, the nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States will conference today to take a preliminary vote on the outcome of the health care case. Supreme Court followers and pundits, as well as many Americans, are curious to see how this conference goes. There's not a lot of argument or discussion. Just a simple vote, and the Justices may each comment briefly on the basis for their vote. After the vote, the opinion-writing assignments will be made and the writing of the opinions will begin.
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Liberty's Landmark Week, National Review
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Supreme Court will hear six hours of arguments over three days about four questions involving the 26-state challenge to Obamacare. Here is a quick guide to what you need to know to follow the case, which former attorney general Ed Meese has called “the most important case to come before the court in 100 years.”
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Liberty and Obamacare, Wall Street Journal
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Few legal cases in the modern era are as consequential, or as defining, as the challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that the Supreme Court hears beginning Monday. The powers that the Obama Administration is claiming change the structure of the American government as it has existed for 225 years. Thus has the health-care law provoked an unprecedented and unnecessary constitutional showdown that endangers individual liberty.
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Obamacare's Flawed Economic Foundations, Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The individual mandate and Medicaid expansions appear to many to be unconstitutional. They are certainly bad economic policy. When they go, the entire law must fall. The administration built an intricate, balanced policy on a flawed economic foundation. It is up to the Supreme Court to pull it down.
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Obama Shifts Healthcare Debate, The Hill
Sunday, March 18, 2012
The Obama administration has shifted its legal arguments as it prepares to defend the president’s healthcare law before the Supreme Court. Some legal experts say the shift could steer the case in a direction that would make Justice Antonin Scalia more likely to uphold the healthcare law’s mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance.
Oral arguments are set to begin March 26, and the justices are expected to give a ruling in June, just months before the presidential election.
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A Special Message from Dr Scherz: Docs4PatientCare files Obamacare amicus brief
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Dear Members and Friends of Docs4PatientCare,
I wanted to be sure you saw this press release below. As part of our work on your behalf to protect the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, we have filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the 11th Circuit’s decision that the individual mandate under ObamaCare is unconstitutional. This brief was filed in partnership with the Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, and the Galen Institute, and I am grateful for our team's hard work in contributing to the process.
We fully expect the Supreme Court to take up the Obamacare case next month, and to have a decision this summer. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you informed.
We are grateful for your support as we work to bring about healthcare reform that really is in the best interest of doctors and patients. If you have not already, please consider joining today. If you are a member, please share this post with your colleagues and encourage them to join as well. If you are not a physician, we need your support as well, and hope you will consider making an online contribution.
Gratefully,
Hal
Dr. Hal Scherz, MD, FACS, FAAP
President and Founder of Docs 4 Patient Care
www.docs4patientcare.org
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This Week's Obamacare Bombshell, CNSnews.com
Friday, July 08, 2011
Last week we learned the Obama HHS administration was prepared to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to send out "fake" patients to spy on the nation's doctors, allegedly, to determine if they were discriminating against patients based on their medical insurance status. This is another perfect illustration of the ineptitude and disregard for the American taxpayer by government officials. What makes this story especially egregious is not only is it a terrible waste of time/money since the information is already documented and available, but these government agents were willing to take appointments from legitimate patients seeking medical care.
Now the saga continues as we find out that newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was involved in preparing a defense of the new healthcare law while she worked as Solicitor General in the White House. It is expected that current constitutional challenges to Obamacare will reach the Supreme Court within the next year. By law, Justice Kagan needs to recuse herself from rendering a judicial opinion since she was involved in the case prior to being confirmed to the nation's highest court. House Republicans are calling for a Department of Justice investigation of the matter. This is a very significant development, but based on all the other 'tricks, schemes, bribes and favors" employed to pass this disaster into law, it will interesting to see where this inquiry goes.
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Now the saga continues as we find out that newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was involved in preparing a defense of the new healthcare law while she worked as Solicitor General in the White House. It is expected that current constitutional challenges to Obamacare will reach the Supreme Court within the next year. By law, Justice Kagan needs to recuse herself from rendering a judicial opinion since she was involved in the case prior to being confirmed to the nation's highest court. House Republicans are calling for a Department of Justice investigation of the matter. This is a very significant development, but based on all the other 'tricks, schemes, bribes and favors" employed to pass this disaster into law, it will interesting to see where this inquiry goes.
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Morning Rounds for July 6, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
D4PC "Morning Rounds" Wednesday July 6th, 2011
Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.
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Breaking News!!!!! 49 House Members Call for Investigation of Kagan's Involvement in Obamacare
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Morning Rounds for May 23, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
"New Document Suggests Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Involved With Crafting Legal Defense of Obamacare"
If Kagan is shown to have worked on constructing the PPACA, she will have to recuse herself from judging on the case when it gets to the Supreme Court. This will significantly effect the balance of opinions.
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Justice Elena Kagan may have helped create legal defense of Obamacare
Thursday, May 19, 2011
From The Daily Caller...
Emails between Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and members of the Obama Administration reveal she was more involved with President Obama's health-care law than was disclosed previously. The documents likely will lead to a revival of questions about whether the Kagan should recuse herself from future cases.
Read the full article here.
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