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Federal Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional: Political Blunder or Right Turn?

Story of the Week / December 20th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

A federal judge on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional, ruling that it was invalidated when lawmakers eliminated the tax penalty for the individual mandate. The law will remain in effect, pending appeal. Some Obamacare critics praised the ruling as a positive...

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Last Chance for Repeal and Replace

Story of the Week / September 21st, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Graham-Cassidy bill is seen as the last chance Republicans have of repealing and replacing Obamacare. After September ends, the Senate will need 60 votes to pass any healthcare legislation (currently they only need 50, plus a tiebreaker by VP Pence). There are 4 hold-out votes - Sen...

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Healthcare Vote

Story of the Week / March 23rd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The vote on the AHCA was supposed to happen today, the 7th anniversary of the ACA, but it got delayed. The plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has been heavily debated since it was released. The Republicans in the House could only afford to lose 21 votes and it looked as though they...

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Obamacare Replacement

Story of the Week / March 9th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Republicans revealed their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, meeting with cheers and jeers. The plan already passed the first hurdle , moving through the House Ways and Means Committee. But it's receiving heavy criticism from a myriad of Healthcare groups , from the American...

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Free Market Pricing is the Medicine to Heal Health Care Ills

Recommended Reading / October 24th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Editor's note - This is an opinion piece. For further reading and opposing viewpoints, check out Why does U.S. health care cost so much? The hidden-in-plain-sight answer or Why Is American Health Care So Ridiculously Expensive? And if you have read articles that provide alternative points...

Healthcare, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance, Missing Perspectives

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