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Obama lawyers filed briefs for the healthcare law, as did the opposition. The central part of the hearings will focus on the individual mandate which the Supreme Court will hear in March. To find out what both sides are saying, read the post.
Reuters: WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 6, 2012
According to the Washington Post the Supreme Court decided to hear oral arguments on March 26th, 27th and 28th on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “The court also will look at the expansion of the joint federal-state Medicaid program that provides health care to poorer Americans.”
Read the full news article Supreme Court Sets Obama Healthcare Arguments
By Associated Press, Published: December 19,2011
The House has passed the year-end $1 trillion spending bill (H.R. 2055) on a 296-121 vote, sending the bill to the Senate, which is expected to clear the measure for President Barack Obama’s signature later Friday.
For NIH, the conference agreement appropriates $30.690 billion, an increase of $1.7 million over FY 2011, not including the across-the-board cuts. However, the agreement does not include any transfer of NIH funding to the Global HIV/AIDS fund; all FY 2012 funding for fund is included in State-Foreign Operations portion of the conference agreement (Division I). As a result, the NIH program level for FY 2012 is $30.698 billion, which is $299 million over FY 2011. These numbers do not include the across-the-board cuts.
Thebill text and Joint Statement of the Managers are available on the House Rules Committee site:
Prepared from a statement by Mary M. Langman, MLA Coordinator, Information Issues and Policy
Congress is in the process of negotiating its FY 12 funding for several federal agencies, including NIH and NLM. On Dec. 7, leaders in both the House and the Senate appointed conferees to negotiate a “megabus” spending package that will finalize funding levels for the nine remaining appropriations bills. Senate Appropriations Chair Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and House Chair Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) both indicated in a brief, public meeting of the conference committee that negotiations continue and that they hope to present a final conference report “early next week.”
Prepared from a statement by Mary M. Langman, MLA Coordinator, Information Issues and Policy
The Court will consider the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in general, the so-called Individual Mandate in particular, and several other related issues including the expansion of Medicaid. ”The Supreme Court typically intervenes when appellate courts reach opposing conclusions on a legal issue. The Justices could hear oral arguments in the spring 2012 and issue a ruling next summer.” Medscape Nov. 14. 2011 www.medscape.com
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