Topic: Virginia

Court tosses Virginia challenge to healthcare law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court handed President Barack Obama a victory for his signature healthcare law on Thursday, ruling against challenges by the state of Virginia and others seeking to invalidate the law as unconstitutional.The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law

President Barack Obama won a legal victory in the battle over his controversial health care law Wednesday when a federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of a key provision.It was the first ruling at the appeals court level in the ...

Obama administration fights to save healthcare law

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Lawyers for President Barack Obama go to court on Tuesday to try to save the cornerstone of his healthcare overhaul, arguing that the requirement for Americans to buy insurance is constitutional.A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of ...

Q&A: What is the future of healthcare law?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The future of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform will be at stake after Republicans take charge of the House of Representatives on Wednesday following their gains at midterm elections last year.Here are some questions and answers about the political ...

Q&A-What is the future of U.S. healthcare after lawsuit?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The future of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform has been put in doubt after a judge ruled unconstitutional a key element obliging people to buy health insurance.The judge in Virginia ruled on Monday said the federal government cannot require ...
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli compared the Obama administration to King George in a passionate, pedantic and sometimes politically outre press conference following a federal court hearing on his state's lawsuit to block the health-reform act. If Virginia loses its challenge of ...
Federal judge refuses to dismiss Virginia lawsuit challenging national health care reform lawVirginia's lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care reform law has cleared its first legal hurdle.U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson on Monday denied the Justice Department's request to dismiss the ...

Virginia, government square off over healthcare

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The state of Virginia and the government were pitched in a legal battle in a federal courtroom on Thursday that could lead to the undoing of the massive healthcare reform law passed three months ago.Judge Henry Hudson of ...

U.S. defends health reform against legal challenges

The Obama administration has previewed its initial line of defense in what has become a stream of lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the federal health system reform law. The administration said the mandate requiring most Americans to obtain ...

Democrats shrug off election impact on healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats pushing for healthcare reform shrugged off their losses in two governors races and said on Wednesday the results made it more imperative to deliver on campaign promises to overhaul a failing system.A reduced Democratic turnout and a drop ...
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