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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | Report: Top HHS Insurance Regulator Stepping Down
Steve Larsen, the man charged with implementing the myriad new insurance regulations in the 2010 health care law, will be leaving his post next month, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Heritage Foundation | Why Congress Should Not Preserve Flawed Obamacare Policies
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as “Obamacare”). In anticipation of an unfavorable Court decision, liberals in Congress and elsewhere are arguing that a repeal of Obamacare would end reforms currently in effect and that these reforms enjoy broad popular support. But Congress should not fall into the trap of preserving bad policy.
Washington Post | The folly of Obamacare
We pay our presidents for judgment, and President Obama committed a colossal error of judgment in making health-care “reform” a centerpiece of his first term. Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — and regardless of how the court decides — it’s clear that Obama overreached.