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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Obama Says Health Care Law Will Be Upheld Because It's Constitutional
President Obama made it clear on Monday that he is not buying the Washington insider view that the Supreme Court is poised to invalidate the health care law that is his signature achievement. In his first extended comments since three days of remarkable arguments before the Court last week, the president said he remains “confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the law.”
National Journal | Express Scripts Merges With Medco After FTC Approval
Express Scripts has completed its $29.1 billion takeover of Medco Health Solutions after getting approval from the Federal Trade Commission, but pharmacy groups that oppose the merger promised to continue fighting it.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Side Effects: Obamacare Adds $17 Trillion to Long-Term Unfunded Government Spending
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff released a report revealing that, over the next 75 years, Obamacare will add an additional $17 trillion in unfunded obligations—i.e., the benefits promised by the federal government that haven’t yet been paid for.