Impermissible Ratemaking in Health-Insurance Reform:
Why the Reid Bill is Unconstitutional
By Richard A. Epstein
This piece by Richard Epstein methodically, and carefully details the unconstitutional nature of the bill.
Epstein’s PDF: http://www.medicalprogresstoday.com/pdfs/MI_Health_Care_act.pdf
Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, the Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow at the [...]
The Fund for Personal Liberty, a civil advocacy non-profit organization, is mentioned on FoxNews.com in advance of the senate vote for the Health Care Reform Bill.
“I personally do not believe the Congress has the authority to enact an individual mandate requiring a person to purchase a product from a private seller,” said Kent Masterson Brown, lead [...]
Thank you, everyone, for your support of Hall v. Sebelius, the Medicare Lawsuit.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy holiday season.
~ Brian Hall
November 5, 2009
Dear Donors and Subscribers,
Brian Hall, the lead plaintiff in the Medicare Lawsuit, is on his way to regaining his freedom to contract for health insurance. Mr. Hall’s health freedom was taken by government workers who wrote procedures for administering Social Security and Medicare that prevent him from opting out of Medicare unless he [...]
Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) has introduced legislation to do what the Medicare Lawsuit is working to accomplish. He mentions the lawsuit in his op-ed published in the Washington Times.
Hill Briefing in Washington, DC on October 13, 2009
Lead Attorney Kent Masterson Brown and CATO policy analyst Michael Cannon discuss the Medicare Lawsuit, Hall v. Sebelius.
The Medicare Lawsuit is mentioned in the Christian Science Monitor, October 13, 2009:
Senate Finance Committee bill’s soft spot: health care insurance mandate- Americans must be aware of how mandates might impinge on their choices – and how vulnerable Obama’s plan might be to court challenge.
One example of government becoming more coercive in health matters is [...]
Federal Case to Continue Challenging Mandatory Medicare Part A Enrollment
October 07, 2009
by Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer
http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/10421/
EDITORIAL: POMS de terror
‘Forced Medicare’ rules take a well-deserved beating
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Freedom won a big round Sept. 29 when Judge Rosemary M. Collyer slapped down federal commissars who are pushing a senseless and dangerous Medicare requirement. Judge Collyer, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, refused to dismiss a [...]
The Medicare Lawsuit is seeing increased interest since receiving our big win last Tuesday.
To quote from the Wall Street Journal piece:
A centerpiece of the debate over ObamaCare is government coercion and the right to choose a health-care plan. So it’s worth watching a lawsuit now making its way through the federal courts that seeks to [...]