President Obama's health care plan will push nearly 7 million people out of their employer-provided health insurance coverage -- nearly twice the previous estimate, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.
The College of the Ozarks, a small Christian college in Point Lookout, Mo., has filed suit against the federal government over the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive and abortifacient drugs.
Wheaton College has filed a lawsuit alongside The Catholic University of America in the D.C. district court opposing the Health and Human Services "preventive services" mandate.
In a political climate where "status quo" is a four-letter word and anger is the electorate's prime mover, the 5-4 ruling in favor of the White House may actually be a political boon to social and religious conservatives -- giving them a potent issue to rally supporters.
In an outcome very few court experts predicted after hearing the oral arguments, the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act of 2010 largely untouched. Chief Justice John Roberts limited the ruling to say that the individual mandate’s penalty for not having health insurance counted as a tax increase.