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Opinion: Can We All Be Drafted Into Health Care Reform War?

(Dec. 16) -- Is it "necessary and proper" for Congress to draft every American into a nationwide health insurance pool? The Obama administration claims it is and will be making this argument in a Florida federal court Thursday after having lost its case in a separate federal court earlier this week. Most non-lawyer...

Opinion: Health Care Mandates? Nothing New for Foreign Students

(Dec. 13) -- Today, U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled that the "individual mandate" to purchase health insurance -- the centerpiece of the new health care reform law -- is unconstitutional. Judge Hudson is the first judge to make that determination -- to date, rulings on two similar suits have gone the other...

Health Care Reform Legal Challenge Marches Forward

(Oct. 15) -- On Thursday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care law can move forward. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson allowed two of the suit's challenges to proceed: 1) that Congress exceeds its authority with the "individual mandate" that requires almost all...

Opinion: Obamacare Critics -- Be Careful What You Wish For

(Aug. 9) -- Last week, opponents of the new health care reform law cheered what they saw as two victories -- a federal district court said a Virginia lawsuit against the reform could proceed, and Missouri voters overwhelmingly supported an anti-reform ballot initiative. Both targeted a key part of the reform law -- the...

Opinion: The One Word Missing from Obama's Health Care Speech

(March 3) -- Out of the more than 2,600 words President Barack Obama delivered in his latest pitch for health care reform, one word was noticeably missing: mandate. It's an odd omission. The health care reforms in the House and Senate, and the outline the president proposes, rest on a new and historic mandate that...