House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is part of a conference hosted by a health benefits trade association about how the Affordable Care Act is affecting health care coverage and the insurance industry.

More Info »

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) held a media availability to mark the second anniversary of the health care law. 

More Info »

The Cato Institute hosts a conference on the Supreme Court hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare." 

More Info »

First Lady Hillary Clinton's 1993 testimony before the House Energy & Commerce committee on the proposal developed by President Clinton’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform.

More Info »

On the Supreme Court's last day of oral arguments on the health care law, the Court considered whether the rest of the law can stand if the individual mandate provision is found unconstitutional.

More Info »

On the first day of oral argument, the Supreme Court heard one and a half hours of oral argument on the jurisdictional issue of whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act is relevant to the Affordable Care Act and if so, does the Court have jurisdiction. The Anti-Injunction Act prohibits the Courts from striking down tax laws before they take effect.

More Info »

The Supreme Court released the audio from the oral argument heard on Monday morning in the multi-state healthcare lawsuit. The case is Florida v. Department of Health & Human Services. The Court is considering whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act is relevant to the Affordable Care Act and if so, does the Court have jurisdiction? The Anti-Injunction Act prohibits the Courts from striking down tax laws before they take effect.

More Info »

On the second day of oral argument, the Supreme Court heard two hours of oral argument on the individual mandate portion of the health care law.

More Info »

The U.S. Supreme Court held three days of oral arguments on the multi-state lawsuit challenging the health care law. The justices sat for six hours to determine the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

More Info »

The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing on veterans’ access to mental health care.The hearing examined the results of a report released on Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General, which concludes that about half of veterans seeking mental health care do not receive it as quickly as the VA claimed.

More Info »

The Alliance for Health Reform assembled several panels of experts to discuss the causes of rising health care costs. Topics included the cost of high-tech medical procedures, chronic disease, life style choices and high cost patients.

More Info »

Maryland & Virginia’s Health Secretaries participated in a panel discussion Friday on a key component of the health care law – insurance exchanges. They say regardless of the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling, both Maryland and Virginia have implementation plans in place. Under the Affordable Care Act, by 2014, if your company does not offer a health care plan, you can purchase one through your state’s insurance exchange..

More Info »