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Supreme Court skeptical of states’ pushback on Medicaid expansion

By | 03.29.12 | 4:07 pm

Politico is reporting that members of the U.S. Supreme Court, who heard arguments yesterday about the part of the health care law that expands Medicaid, were skeptical of the claims made by the states challenging the mandate.

Public policy group says Florida is ‘inflating’ effect of Medicaid expansion

By | 03.23.12 | 2:34 pm

The Florida Center on Fiscal and Economic Policy, a progressive-leaning public policy group, released a report this week explaining that one of Florida’s biggest complaints against the health care reform law– the supposed devastating cost of expanding Medicaid to more people in the state– is “vastly inflated [and] lacking in merit.”

VIDEO: RNC releases first anti-health care reform ad

By | 03.23.12 | 12:00 pm

The Republican National Committee (RNC) released its first anti-health care reform ad yesterday. The ad is being released as the White House celebrates the two-year anniversary of the law’s passage.

Florida doing bare minimum to implement new standards for health insurance plans

By | 03.22.12 | 2:39 pm

According to a new study conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, Florida is among 15 states that are “taking subregulatory action to require or encourage compliance with the early market reforms,” required through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Sebelius: Florida will have health insurance exchanges

By | 03.20.12 | 4:33 pm

Speaking at an event in Miami today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that, despite the Florida government’s refusal to implement the Affordable Care Act, the state will eventually take part in all aspects of the law.

Sebelius touts health care reform benefits for women during appearance in Miami

By | 03.20.12 | 12:57 pm

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stopped by a community health center in Miami today to tout the progress made by the health care reform law, which was signed two years ago this week, in the realm of women’s health.

RNC launches campaign aimed at health care reform

By | 03.19.12 | 4:57 pm

As election season kicks into high gear, the Republican National Committee is launching an ad campaign aimed at 2010′s health care reform law.

Supreme Court to start hearing Florida’s challenge to health care reform this week

By | 03.19.12 | 11:35 am

In exactly a week, the Supreme Court of the United States will begin hearing a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform law that was signed in 2010. Leading the challenge in court is the state of Florida.

Report: Number of states hostile to abortion rights growing

By | 03.15.12 | 2:08 pm

A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that, in the past decade, a substantial number of states (including Florida) have shifted from having only a moderate number of abortion restrictions to becoming “overtly hostile” to abortion rights.

Poll: Most Americans don’t think birth control fight is about ‘religious freedom’

By | 03.14.12 | 4:26 pm

Despite the Catholic Church’s efforts to frame the federal government’s decision requiring health insurers to cover birth control as a matter of “religious freedom,” a new poll shows that almost 70 percent of the Americans believe the decision was a “matter of women’s health, not religious freedom.”

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