Health Care
Supreme Court Sidesteps Commerce Clause, Cites Tax Power, Says ObamaCare Is Constitutional
Written by Jack Kenny
In a 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the main provisions of the “ObamaCare” healthcare law, including the penalty for non-compliance with the mandate that uninsured persons purchase health insurance by 2014. The Court upheld the mandate on the strength of the taxing power of Congress, but not before writing another chapter in the Court’s often tortured and zigzag interpretations of the Constitution’s Commerce Clause.
Beneficiaries of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program can expect to see their checks cut to 79 percent by 2016, according to the program's trustees.
Federal auditors recently issued a report charging a Kansas-based medical manufacturer with potentially paying out more than $4 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for “male vacuum erection systems,” more commonly known as “penis pumps.” In turn, the auditors requested that the company reimburse all the money to the federal government and “implement policies and procedures to help ensure that it collects and maintains the required documentation.”
Rather than making healthcare more affordable, ObamaCare has made it less affordable — and will make it even less affordable as new mandates take effect — executives told a House subcommittee.
The Coming Food Police
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem
Again calling on the specter of controlling high healthcare costs, the food police are coming, and in some states so are the exercise police. But that may only be the beginning.
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