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Jun 26, 2012

Health care court ruling unlikely to spur action in Wis. (UPDATE)

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling expected Thursday in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law is unlikely to result in any swift reaction in Wisconsin.

May 17, 2012

Fate of some patients hinges on Supreme Court

Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health care law.

Apr 13, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: Hold the broccoli, Congress

Unless it’s served with lots of beef and slathered with Hunan sauce, I don’t much care for broccoli.

Apr 10, 2012

Report links rising medical claims to communication breakdowns

Communication failures by health care professionals may contribute to the soaring litigation against providers, but some medical malpractice defense lawyers dispute the existence of such a direct relationship.

Apr 9, 2012

Attorney General: Courts can strike federal laws, but must presume validity

In a memorandum to a panel of federal judges hearing a challenge to the federal health care law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder backed comments made recently by President Barack Obama that courts ought to tread lightly when considering challenges to laws passed by Congress.

Apr 6, 2012

If Supreme Court tosses health care, questions will linger

The nation's 50 legislatures will face tough choices if all of Obamacare is thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court when it decides on the Affordable Healthcare for America Act in June.

Apr 4, 2012

Obama: Striking health care law would be ‘judicial activism’

One week after the U.S. Supreme Court opened oral arguments in the federal challenge to the federal health care law, President Barack Obama expressed confidence that the law would be upheld. Striking the law down, the president warned, would be an act of judicial activism.

Apr 3, 2012

Obama confident high court will uphold health care law

President Barack Obama says he is confident the Supreme Court will uphold his health care overhaul. He says his administration is "not spending a whole lot of time planning for contingencies" in the event that the law is struck down.

Mar 29, 2012

Court takes health care case behind closed doors

The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices.

Mar 28, 2012

Health care arguments: Can any portion survive? (UPDATE)

The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional.

Mar 27, 2012

Court seems split over health care mandate (UPDATE)

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided over the constitutionality of the provision in the federal health care law requiring uninsured Americans to purchase health insurance or be charged a fee.

Mar 26, 2012

Supreme Court takes up health care challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday began its historic three-day examination of the challenge to the federal health care law by taking up an issue that could stop the case in its tracks: whether the Anti-Injunction Act bars courts from considering challenges to the law before it is fully implemented in 2015.

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