Outside the Beltway

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

The Chief Justice Of The United States defends his colleagues.

Questions have been raised about whether it is proper for Elena Kagan to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit.

The Supreme Court will decide on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care law by June 2012.

The PPACA now has a 3-1 record in US appeals courts.

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court is on track to issue its most anticipated ruling in years right in the middle a Presidential campaign.

Last week’s opinions from the Fourth Circuit provide an avenue for the Supreme Court to avoid an early ruling on the individual mandate.

The last two GOP debates have featured cheers from the crowd and responses from candidates that ought to be considered problematic.

Both Virginia lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act have been dismissed by a Federal Appeals Court.

For the past 18 months, Medicare spending has slowed down considerably – especially compared to the private sector.

Another government program isn’t going to bring health care costs under control.

Should the state be able to take your kid away if he gets too fat?

Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.

Whatever happened to the GOP’s promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act?

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

A setback for Planned Parenthood opponents.

It was a good day in Court for opponents of the Affordable Care Act.

How insurance makes health care more expensive

Another appellate panel heard arguments on the Constitutionality of the health care reform law this week.

We need to stop talking as if the Medicare debate is a question of the Ryan Plan v. the Status Quo.

Arguments for the Ryan Plan that characterize it as being “against bureaucracy” are apparently oblivious to the fact that private health insurance is full of bureaucracy.

As Congress left town for the long weekend, the Senate Minority Leader threw a grenade into the budget negotiations.

The Care Quality Commission has found widespread neglect of elderly patients in the British National Health Service.

It’s just one Congressional District out of 435, but that won’t stop everyone from trying to turn the results in NY-26 into a national referendum on Medicare reform.

The 4th Circuit has asked for supplemental briefs on an issue that could put a quick end to the lawsuits against the Affordable Care Act.

Voters in New York State may help move the budget debate on Capitol Hill.

Even before the individual mandate kicks in, the ACA has added hundreds of thousands of people to health insurance rolls.

Romney wants to make a federalism based argument for why his MA health care bill is good, while the PPACA is tyrannical. However, just saying that is not an argument.

Mitt Romney began his effort to confront what is likely to be his biggest political liability in the 2012 campaign.

How much of public opinion is about tribal political identification and how much is about the actual policies themselves?