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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Obamacare to hit home on Hill
During debate over the law in 2009, Republicans insisted that if members of Congress were going to put their fellow Americans into health care exchanges, they and their staffs should be in there, too.
National Journal | Public Opinion Stays Static on Affordable Care Act
The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, which has asked the question nearly every month since 2009, has found that the public’s views of the law, overall, have remained nearly static. About 40 percent of people don’t like the law. About 40 percent do. The remainder are unsure. Other polls show the same trend.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
CATO | 50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law
Despite surviving a number of threats, President Obama’s health care law remains harmful, unstable, and unpopular. It also remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress and the Supreme Court have granted each state the power to veto major provisions of the law before they take effect in 2014.