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Affordable Care Act Creates Almost 100K Jobs, Boosts Economic Activity in California by $4.4 Billion

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study released today by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute suggests that if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, it may have a negative impact on the California economy. The study, The Economic Impact of the Affordable Care Act on California. concludes that the federal health care law would create almost 100,000 new jobs across ...

PCIP health care

Re: Your May 18 article, “Patients' fate hinges on ruling”: What a timely and informative article about the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) for health care that is available in all States and Washington, D.C. My daughter, age 27, recently received a letter from Kaiser Permanente denying her health coverage due to a pre-existing condition and referred her to the PCIP here in ...

Senate Candidate Tommy Thompson Talks Replacing Health Care Law

The former governor and Health and Human Services Secretary campaigned in Green Bay, saying how he would make health care more affordable and more accessible.

Healthcare debate will continue beyond upcoming Supreme Court ruling

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even if the Affordable Care Act survives U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny, a favorable ruling this summer will not serve as a cure-all for insuring African Americans, according to health professionals and a report in the current issue of Health Affairs.

Campaign touts health-care law

The American public may be divided over the two-year-old Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign leaned on it Monday while trying to appeal to women in Scott County.

Governor Patrick: Affordable Care Act ‘deserves to be defended’

The Affordable Care Act is a “value statement,” affirming that access to health care is a public health concern, Governor Deval Patrick said Wednesday morning. Speaking after an appearance with Surgeon General Regina Benjamin to promote the National Prevention Strategy, Patrick declined to offer predictions about how the law will fare next week as the US Supreme Court hears a case against it ...

Pearl Korn: With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It's Time for Single-Payer

Progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement for single-payer and work to ignite the Occupy movement on this issue.

Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese sues over health care mandate

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and its Catholic Charities and Catholic Cemeteries Association are asking a judge to overturn the looming federal health care mandate to provide contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs or services as part of employee health care plans.

The Affordable Care Act is health-care justice for all

In the Supreme Court deliberations over the Affordable Care Act, guest columnist Diane Sosne says it is critical not to lose sight of the essential issue: Health-care coverage saves lives.