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Health Care Financing Reform: (55) CBO Estimate for H.R. 3962

November 3, 2009

     According to a report by the Congressional Budget Office, H.R. 3962, the bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought to the House floor last week costs $343 billion less than the bill that it replaced, H.R. 3200.  How was this accomplished?

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Thousands of cases thrown out

October 30, 2009

But this time it's not because of a technicality. A Pennsylvania judge has been sending children to jail on first-time misdemeanor offenses in order to provide financial support to the for-profit prison company that paid him millions under the table. Can you imagine losing two years of your childhood at the age of twelve for [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (48) SGR – Why Physicians Are Facing a 20% Pay Cut from Medicare

October 27, 2009

     If Congress does nothing, physicians will experience a 20% reduction in the reimbursements that they receive from Medicare.  The cause of this reduction is a federal law that establishes the "Sustainable Growth Rate" formula for changes in Medicare payments.

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Health Care Financing Reform: (34) The Wyden Amendment and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

October 8, 2009

     Ron Wyden (D-OR) offered an amendment to the Baucus bill that would have made it possible for all Americans to purchase health insurance through the Exchange.  The amendment was ruled out-of-order by Senate Finance Committe Chair Max Baucus (D-MT).  Presented below are arguments for and against the amendment – both from the U.S. Chamber of [...]

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The Constitutionality of Obama's "Czars"

October 7, 2009

     Joe Markman of the Los Angeles Times reports today that five constitutional experts appeared yesterday before the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee and expressed their opinions regarding the constitutionality of President Obama's "czars" – officials who advise the President and coordinate policy among different agencies and departments of the federal government.  The [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (22) Improving Competition in the Market for Health Insurance

September 23, 2009

     The principal mechanism that the proposed health care legislation utilizes to broaden coverage and to bring down the cost of medical care is to increase competition in the market for health insurance.  In this respect the Baucus bill is woefully deficient in three respects.  The most important wrangling over the bill will involve changes to [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (14) President Obama's Speech and Senator Kennedy's Letter – (updated with link to letter)

September 10, 2009

     Yesterday evening in his address on health care to the joint session of Congress the President revealed that Senator Edward Kennedy had written him a letter on "the great cause" of his life.

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Top 10 law related websites

August 28, 2009

Here are some website lists you might find useful.
 1.   Top 10 Free Case Law Web Sites
Get Your Free Case Law on the Web.  Reviews written by Robert J. Ambrogi from Law Technology News.  Web sites review include:  Fastcase, FindACase, PreCYdent, Public Library of Law, FindLaw and Public.Resource.org are just a few.
 2.     10 Great dot-gov Web [...]

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Under Fire in Congress

July 27, 2009

     Congress is considering measures that would repeal the policy prohibiting gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

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Response to Reader Comments on Abortion

June 26, 2009

     Your responses to the abortion question are amazing.  The question was, "What would happen if Roe v. Wade were overturned?"  There were several neat ideas presented in your comments.  I'll respond to these comments below the fold.

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Are You Ready for the New Federal Litigation Time Computation Rules?

June 2, 2009

     Get ready for new methods of computing time periods in federal court litigation.  On March 26, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court  approved proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Bankruptcy Procedure, Civil Procedure, and Criminal Procedure that will change many time periods set out in these rules and will also change the [...]

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It's Sotomayor!

May 26, 2009

     Obama just placed Sonia Sotomayor's name in nomination for the Supreme Court of the United States.    Will she be confirmed by the Senate?

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