The American Hospital Association continues to fight the federal government’s misuse of Medicare hospital reimbursement “audits.” The American Hospital Association v. Sebelius, No. 1:12-cv-1770-CKK (D.D.C. No. 2012) challenges the federal government’s misuse of...
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act Reduces the National Debt (Part Two in a Series)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) reduces the national debt according to the most reliable evidence. Howling about the cost of the ACA is misplaced. How can the ACA possibly reduce the deficit? Partisan hysterics shriek that the ACA insurance coverage provisions,...
Should Texas Accept or Reject the Medicaid Expansion? Part One
The Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) expands Medicaid to all persons under age 65 with individual incomes of about $14,500 or less. Rejecting this ACA expansion would cost Texas about $52.5 billion in federal funds and leave 1.4 million low-income Texans without any...
The Affordable Health Care Act: The Next Chapter
United States Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Health Care Act [1]: The Next Chapter © Jack Edward Urquhart July 12, 2012 Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court resolved constitutional challenges to two provisions...