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House Has Voted to Repeal ObamaCare 30 Times

And No. 31 is on deck this week

(Newser) - House Republicans have voted 30 times in the past year and a half to repeal, defund, or otherwise squash ObamaCare, with the first attempt coming just two weeks after they took control of the House last year. This week, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on the...

Rick Perry: No ObamaCare for Texas

He says it could financially wreck even Texas

(Newser) - Add Texas to the growing list of states opting out of key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius today saying that he would not expand Medicaid or offer a state insurance exchange, Politico reports. "I stand proudly...

The Next Big ObamaCare Brouhaha: Subsidies

'Drafting error' could mean no subsidies for federal insurance exchanges

(Newser) - Just because the Supreme Court said that the Affordable Care Act was constitutional , don't expect the legal challenges to President Obama's health care law to dissipate anytime soon, reports the New York Times . One of the next big battles is brewing over who will get access to subsidies...

Ted Nugent: Maybe South Should Have Won Civil War

Comment comes in fiery piece blasting John Roberts for ObamaCare vote

(Newser) - Ted Nugent clearly isn't one to mince words or show liberals any love (case in point: this interview where he says the left media portray him as a puppy-raper), so it shouldn't come as too surprising that the rocker penned a piece for the Washington Times blasting the...

Romney&#39;s ObamaCare Gaffe Could Cost Him the Election
Romney's ObamaCare Gaffe Could Cost Him the Election
'WSJ' EDITORIAL
Jul 5, 2012 11:49 AM CDT

Romney's ObamaCare Gaffe Could Cost Him the Election

This could be Romney's dumbest move yet: 'Wall Street Journal'

(Newser) - In a scathing editorial today, the Wall Street Journal declares that this week will be seen as "a turning point" if Mitt Romney is not elected president in the fall. Why? Because on Monday, a close adviser said that Romney, at odds with the GOP, does not consider ObamaCare'...

Romney: Health Mandate Is a Tax

Contradicts Eric Fehrnstrom's comments

(Newser) - Days after a spokesman asserted that ObamaCare's individual mandate is not a tax in Mitt Romney's view, the candidate himself is saying the opposite—thus aligning with the rest of his party. Romney tells CBS News that while he agreed with the Supreme Court's dissent, "the...

Wait, John Roberts Wrote the Dissent, Too?

That's what a court source tells Salon

(Newser) - Give this man a raise: John Roberts not only wrote the majority opinion that upheld ObamaCare, but most of the dissent as well, according to Paul Campos at Salon . His report, based on an unnamed "source within the court," says that Roberts drafted the first three-quarters of the...

Obama, Romney, and the Truth About Health Care

AP runs down a few of their biggest distortions

(Newser) - We're getting a lot of conflicting information about how the health law will shape our future—and unsurprisingly, neither the current inhabitant of the Oval Office nor the man who would replace him is giving us the full picture. The AP parses President Obama and Mitt Romney's biggest...

Romney's 'Etch-a-Sketch' Rep: Mandate Is No Tax

Mitt has skirted the issue

(Newser) - While Republicans have been busily attacking ObamaCare as a tax hike following the Supreme Court ruling, Mitt Romney has stayed quiet; after all, to call it a tax hike would be to acknowledge he raised taxes in Massachusetts. Today, however, spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom— he of "Etch-a-Sketch" fame —stated...

Roberts Did Flip on ObamaCare: Sources

Fellow conservatives then battled for his support for entire month

(Newser) - John Roberts hadn't always planned to give ObamaCare the green light—but once he'd changed his mind, no amount of convincing from Anthony Kennedy could bring him back, sources tell CBS News in an in-depth account of the decision-making process. Kennedy—himself long seen as a potential swing...

Florida Nixes 2 ObamaCare Features

Gov. Rick Scott says state can't foot the bill

(Newser) - And then there were three: Florida will join Wisconsin and Louisiana in refusing to implement two features of the Affordable Care Act, said Gov. Rick Scott yesterday, stating that Florida does not have the money to expand Medicaid or to create a private insurance exchange, reports Reuters . The Medicaid expansion...

John Roberts &#39;Took One for the Country&#39;

 John Roberts 
 'Took One for 
 the Country' 
thomas Friedman
Jul 1, 2012 1:18 PM CDT

John Roberts 'Took One for the Country'

Thomas Friedman compares chief justice to a wounded war veteran

(Newser) - Sounds like Thomas Friedman has a new personal hero. His name: Chief Justice John Roberts. The judge's historic Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare has "even touched some conservatives," writes Friedman in the New York Times . "It’s the feeling that it has been so long since...

Boehner: ObamaCare Has to Be &#39;Ripped Out&#39;
 Boehner: 
 ObamaCare 
 Has to Be 
 'Ripped Out' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jul 1, 2012 12:01 PM CDT

Boehner: ObamaCare Has to Be 'Ripped Out'

Dems dodge calling penalty a 'tax'

(Newser) - To call the ObamaCare penalty a tax or not was the question dominating the talk show airwaves today, with John Boehner leading the charge with the dreaded T-word. "The American people ... do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy, and how...

Roberts Court Eschews Politics, Rules as One

NYT study shows court moving in unexpected directions

(Newser) - While the Supreme Court has appeared deeply divided along ideological lines in recent years, its latest term reveals a strikingly different court, often unanimous and aggressive in reviewing the other branches of government, reports the New York Times in an analysis of the last nine months of the Roberts Court....

John Roberts: I'm Headed to 'Island Fortress'

He jokes about going to Malta, ducks ObamaCare questions

(Newser) - Don't hold your breath for any personal revelation by Chief Justice John Roberts about his pivotal role in the ObamaCare decision . When asked at a conference today how his vote might fit into his legacy, he responded, "Well, I won't answer anything that has to do with...

Roberts to US: Killing ObamaCare Is Your Job, Not Mine

He hates the law, but he's worried about court's reputation: Krauthammer

(Newser) - ObamaCare must surely offend John Roberts' conservative sensibilities, writes Charles Krauthammer, so why the stunning court ruling? Because as chief justice, Roberts "sees himself as uniquely entrusted with the custodianship of the court's legitimacy," Krauthammer theorizes in the Washington Post . If the justices struck down the law,...

Let&#39;s Forgive Fox, CNN for Jumping the Gun

 Let's Forgive Fox, CNN  
 for Jumping the Gun 
jack shafer
Jun 29, 2012 12:25 PM CDT

Let's Forgive Fox, CNN for Jumping the Gun

Jack Shafer: 'Stop smirking, it could happen to you'

(Newser) - It's fair to mock Fox News and CNN for incorrectly reporting that the individual health mandate had been struck down; after all, organizations that brag about being quick should face consequences when they're wrong. But in the end, "I forgive CNN and Fox for their breaking news...

Obama Won, But Medicaid, the Poor Lost

One win for Obama doesn't mean health care battle over

(Newser) - President Obama says the political horse race surrounding yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act is much less important than the good the law will do . So, naturally, the New York Times goes right back to the horse race, with a look at seven consequences of the...

Romney Pulls In $4.6M After Court Ruling

Both campaigns use ruling to solicit donations

(Newser) - Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling wasn't all bad news for Mitt Romney. It may have been a victory for President Obama, but it sent Romney's supporters reaching for their wallets. Romney has raised $4.6 million in the 24 hours since the ruling came down, his press secretary...

Some States on ObamaCare Deadlines: Who Cares?

Several skeptical of expanding Medicaid, too

(Newser) - The Supreme Court's ObamaCare decision is putting many states in a tight place: They've got to set up exchanges, the law's health insurance markets, by Jan. 1, 2014. But by Jan. 1, 2013, they have to show those exchanges will be ready on time—or the feds...

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