Friday, March 2, 2012

From NEJM: SCOTUS review of the health care reform law

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375936

N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Supreme Court Review of the Health Care Reform Law.
Curfman GD, Abel BS, Landers RM.
Source
Dr. Curfman is the Executive Editor, and Mr. Abel the Senior Perspective Researcher, of the Journal; Ms. Landers is a Professor of law at Suffolk University Law School, Boston.

Abstract
Later this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will examine the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA),(1) potentially producing a landmark decision. For most cases, the Supreme Court allocates 1 hour for oral argument - 30 minutes for each side. For the health care reform case, the Court has scheduled 6 hours for oral argument - the most time devoted to a case in more than 45 years. These arguments will take place on March 26, 27, and 28 (see box), and the Court's ruling will probably be announced in June. Setting the foundation for the largest expansion of health . . .

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