Healthcare Laws

The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act, which held President Obama's healthcare overhaul to be constitutional, sparked an outpouring of both approval and invective from business groups around the country. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ...

ON THE SITE... Supreme Court upholds health care law's mandate: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health...

The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act means that the predictions about how it will affect Americans remain in place. The court did rule that a part of the law involving Medicaid must change. The law calls for an...

Local healthcare providers have started to weigh in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, with one hospital calling it “a victory for patient care.” The court ruled 5-4 today to...

Reaction is mixed over the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's healthcare law: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: “The immediate implications for Indiana are a huge increase in health insurance rates, especially for young people,...

Elected officials in Chicago and Illinois are reacting to the Supreme Court’s history-making decision to uphold the heart of the president’s affordable healthcare law. Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the healthcare decision “historic”...

The individual mandate survives. The Supreme Court has upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul -- ruling in favor of the requirement that most Americans can be required to have health insurance, or else pay a penalty. The...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision today to uphold the constitutionality of the President Obama's health care law is estimated to affect some 105,000 uninsured South Dakota residents — roughly 13 percent of the population — according to...

SOUTH BEND--- While the new healthcare law keeps costs in check and insures more Americans, leaders from Memorial Hospital and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center believe people really don't understand what the law really means. For years, northern...

The U.S. Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health insurance. The court's long-awaited ruling rejected a broad legal...

People in York County sounded off about one of the most-anticipated Supreme Court rulings in years Thursday – the decision to uphold President Obama’s controversial healthcare law.   “I’m thrilled about it,” said Carol...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation Thursday in a narrow 5-4 ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, which said that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress...