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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
WSJ | Study Sees Cuts to Health Plans
A report by McKinsey & Co. has found that 30% of employers are likely to stop offering workers health insurance after the bulk of the Obama administration's health overhaul takes effect in 2014.
Fox News | States Objecting to Health Care Law to Get Day in Appeals Court
For the third time in five weeks, the Obmama administration's leagal point man for defending the president's health care overhaul will walk into a federal appellate courtroom Wednesday to defend the controversial measure as an appropriate and proper exercise of the governemnt 's power.
National Journal | Report: Reform May Move Millions More Off Employer Insurance
Administration officials reject a new McKinsey study, while Republicans are warm to it.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Deciphering the Left’s Medicare Playbook
It’s a simple fact: You can’t sustain Medicare unless you transform the current—and unaffordable—system. But the left continues to falsely decry conservatives’ plans to achieve this, accusing them of plotting to end the program altogether.
Heritage Foundation | Lawmakers Press HHS for Information on Controversial Obamacare Waivers
Wondering how all those businesses in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s district ended up with Obamacare waivers? The story drew national attention last month, but there’s still little known about the process used by the Obama administration to grant the controversial waivers.