by Girish Anand | Jul 22, 2013 | Health Care Reform, Obamacare
A poll just out, conducted by LocumTenens.com, shows that just 11 percent of the nation's doctors believe that the Health Insurance Marketplaces envisioned by the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) will be operational in their states by the Oct. 1, 2013,...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | DOL
The U.S. Senate today approved the nomination of Thomas E. Perez as the nation's 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez has spent his entire career in public service, and will join the Department of Labor on July 23 after a tenure as assistant attorney general...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report that finds premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace will be nearly 20 percent lower in 2014 than previously expected. The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers in every state to publicly justify...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | NLRB
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday concurred with two other appeals courts in ruling that President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in January 2012 were unconstitutional because the Senate...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | NLRB
Earlier this week the Senate, in a showdown between Democrats and Republicans over filibuster rules, struck a deal to confirm many of President Obama's pending federal appointments. As part of the deal, two persons given recess appointments in 2012 to the National...
