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Action Alert: Let’s keep our eyes on the prize!

Posted March, 28 2012 by arianne

Well folks, due to inaction on the part of the State Senate, establishing a New York Health Insurance Exchange through the final State Budget is no longer possible. However, media reports are now indicating that Governor Cuomo does not plan to turn his back on the millions of small businesses and families in New York […]

The Supremes continue to hash it out…

Posted March, 28 2012 by arianne

http://youtu.be/izzKUoxL11E So, Day 2 of the oral arguments on the ACA challenges before the Supreme Court wrapped up yesterday, and the debates heard were significantly more lively than those of Day 1.  First on the table was the basic question of whether or not Congress has the power to say that uninsured people have to buy health insurance.  To […]

The Supreme Court: What’s on their mind this week?

Posted March, 27 2012 by arianne

Well, today marks Day 2 of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act (aka “health reform,” “Obamacare,” “my hero”), so I thought I would give a quick recap of what’s been going on so far. The arguments at this point all focus on a single provision of the ACA – the individual […]

What would you do?

Posted March, 23 2012 by arianne

The ACA may have saved Raymond Owens’s life. Raymond and his wife Adele have owned a flooring contracting business for 25 years and their three children are the focus of their life.  Their quest for a better life for their family became more difficult when Adele was laid off from Home Depot two years ago. […]