March 21st, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
NorthBay Adventure is just the kind of small business that could be expected to buy medical insurance for workers under health act rules taking effect in 2014. But Executive Director George Comfort says that’s not likely to happen. Continue reading »
December 20th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Courts are taking up lawsuits that are challenging such consolidations, and doctors need to be aware of their antitrust risks.
November 9th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of uninsured in America by more than half. And while this is a great achievement, the newly insured are still going to face challenges when it comes to access to adequate health care, according to Wake Forest Law Professor Mark Hall. Continue reading »
November 5th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Extending Medicaid coverage to currently uninsured adults is likely to increase the cost of the program, according to health policy researchers, because those patients are prone to have more expensive health problems than nondisabled adults currently enrolled in Medicaid. Continue reading »
October 31st, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
As the presidential candidates clash over the fate of the Affordable Care Act, a set of seven essays by leading legal experts, economists, and scholars examines the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on the ACA and makes it clear that there is no consensus about what is economically or morally just when it comes to health care coverage in this country. The essays appear in the Hastings Center Report.* Continue reading »
August 15th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
You wouldn’t think a discussion about stop-loss insurance would produce “spirited” debate, but that’s allegedly what transpired this weekend when the National Association of Insurance Commissioners met to deliberate on the issue — its effect on the health insurance marketplace, on federal health care reform and, most especially, on small businesses. Continue reading »
July 1st, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
June 28th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The United States Supreme Court announced its landmark decision on the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, June 28. Wake Forest University Law and Public Health Professor Mark Hall was the lead preparer on a brief filed with the high court along with 103 other law professors in support of the ACA’s individual mandate. He also had the good fortune of being able to attend live the two days of oral arguments from lawyers on both sides in front of the high court. And three years ago, he was the first person in the country to write an extended analysis of the constitutionality of the mandate, which was used by the Senate to help support the case of enacting the mandate. Following are excerpts from an interview he did this morning with Ed Scannell of News 14 Carolina. Continue reading »
April 23rd, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
March 27th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
The room was packed and buzzing with excitement. Some people clearly had slept outside last night. Even some of the attorneys general from the challenger states had to stand in line to get in. In the way into the building, I spotted none other than Ken Cuccinelli, attorney general of Virginia and lead party in the Fourth Circuit case. Sitting in my same row in the courtroom was a virtual quorum of the Senate Finance Committee, including Senators Leahy, Baucus, Grassley, and Kerry. Continue reading »
