News
NYT | Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law
Missouri’s Democratic attorney general broke with his party on Monday and urged a federal judge to invalidate the central provision of the new health care law.
NationalJournal | FTC, DOJ Fight Over Health Care Law
Turf dispute is latest in long line of squabbles between antitrust agencies.
Econ Comments
NationalJournal | Medicare Chief Berwick: 'I'm Not for Cutting. I'm for Changing.'
“Our country is facing a choice,” Berwick told the American Hospital Association’s annual membership meeting. “(There are) two strategies to control health care costs: We can either cut or change. I’m not cutting. I’m for changing.”
Blogs
American: Enterprise Blog | Romneycare at Year Five: Happy Birthday?
In a release this weekend, the New Hampshire Democratic party thanked former Governor Mitt Romney “for providing the critical momentum necessary to get President Obama’s vision of health reform through Congress and signed into law.” President Obama has also said good things about the Romney plan.
Volokh Conspiracy | Democratic AG Opposes Individual Mandate
The New York Times reports that Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit opposing the constitutionality of the individual mandate. This is significant because Koster is a Democrat.
