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Monday, July 9, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
NY Times | Brawling Over Health Care Moves to Rules on Exchanges
Critics of the new health care law, having lost one battle in the Supreme Court, are mounting a challenge to President Obama’s interpretation of another important provision, under which the federal government will subsidize health insurance for millions of low- and middle-income people.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Motley Fool | 3 Health-Care Misconceptions That Never Die
Rule of thumb: Wherever there is major legislation, trillions of dollars, and your well-being at stake, there will be claims driven by emotion instead of fact. Case in point: Health care.
Forbes | Obamacare RIP: John Roberts Cannot Save You
Progressives are desperate to prevent the country from learning that free market conservatives have long been proposing policies to assure essential health care for all, and achieve all the other goals of Obamacare, at just a small fraction of the costs. 

Blogs                                                                                                                             
CRFB | The Budgetary Impact of States Opting Out of the Medicaid Expansion
As the initial discussion over the ruling for the individual mandate has subsided, experts are now weighing in on the potential federal budgetary impacts of the Court’s decision which enables states to opt out of expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income adults.