Friday, May 4, 2012

Ruling on health care law may affect Medicare [BO Tries to Intimidate SCOTUS]


Boston Globe ^ | 5/4/12 | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar



... In papers filed with the Supreme Court, administration lawyers have warned of “extraordinary disruption’’ if Medicare is forced to unwind countless transactions that are based on payment changes required by more than 20 separate sections of the Affordable Care Act.

Opponents say the whole law must go. The administration counters that even if it strikes down the insurance mandate, the court should preserve most of the rest of the legislation. That would leave in place its changes to Medicare as well as a major expansion of Medicaid coverage.

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