Last week, thousands of people swarmed the steps of the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for the Affordable Care Act and highlight the many benefits and protections that we’ll all lose if the law is overturned.
In a ruling last week, Judge Christopher Conner of Pennsylvania’s Middle District Court ruled that the personal responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act--the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance by 2014 when the law is fully implemented--is unconstitutional. Judge Conner was appointed to the bench by George W. Bush in 2002.
Members of the Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee heard from a national expert Thursday on Massachusetts’ experience structuring a health insurance exchange.
Emma Lowenberg, an intern with the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, penned a great summary of the hearing at Third and State:
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce convened in Harrisburg today for a hearing focused on rolling back the reforms of the Affordable Care Act.
This week will be a full year since the Affordable Care Act passed and still theopposition is campaigning tirelessly to destroy it.
In many states, including ours, legislation has been introduced to block or slow implementation. Votes have been taken in the US Congress to repeal it out right or weaken some of our favorite provisions.
The House Democratic Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Sturla (Lancaster) has been holding hearings about adultBasic and other critical health care issues in Pennsylvania—namely, the new GOP-led legislative attacks on the Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania through things like H.B.
On February 4, the Pennsylvania Health Access Network, along with more than 70 other organizations, sent a letter to members of the Pennsylvania House Health Committee, asking them to oppose House Bill 42.
Not to be left out of the controversy, some PA legislators have jumped on the eager-to-repeal health care bandwagon by introducing a bill in the House invalidating the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act. Rather than tackle problems like unemployment and putting Pennsylvanians back to work, the opposition in Harrisburg is working to stop implementation of the Affordable Care Act and block all the critical protections it brings to Pennsylvania families.
This week will be a full year since the Affordable Care Act passed and still the opposition is campaigning tirelessly to destroy it.
