Saturday, December 31, 2011

Bummer: Seven State Unions Sue New York Over Obamacare

ACA Health Care Standards Should be Determined by Federal Government, Not States - PolicyMIC via Doug Ross

Seven New York state unions have filed federal lawsuits against the state over what they claim is an unconstitutional increase in health care costs for retired workers. This is not a promising beginning for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), now that Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has given more power to the states in implementing the law.