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Two sides gearing up for another Supreme Court battle over health care - The Washington... - 0 views

  • Washington lawyer Michael A. Carvin will be back at the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the second great battle over the Affordable Care Act
  • since the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in 2012 to uphold the constitutionality of the measure, devastating those who wanted the justices to strike down the nearly 1,000-page law in its entirety.
  • “The thing’s working. And there’s in our view not a plausible legal basis for striking it down,” he said. “But, you know, we’ll have to wait and see what the Supreme Court decides.”
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  • Simplified, the case, King v. Burwell, comes down to those four words in the text — “established by the state” — and whether justices must place those words in the context of the entire bill
  • “I do find it interesting that there’s been this conservative-led effort to kill this bill through the courts,” she said. The groups seem to be operating under the theory that “the courts are sort of an untapped resource for pursing the conservative agenda.”
  • Big business was active in opposing the law in the last fight.
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    Liberals are battling conservatives for the second time over Obama's controversial health care plan and his affordable health care act. 
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Health Disparities as a Civil Rights Issue - 2 views

  • racial integration in hospitals and health care was too difficult an issue, and efforts instead focused on the integration of schools and public accommodations
  • The first significant test of Title VI enforcement came with the implementation of the Medicare program in 1966. More than 1,000 hospitals quietly and uneventfully integrated their medical staffs, waiting rooms, and hospital floors in less than four months.
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    Racial segregation in health care not only distorts and contributes to disparities; it increases the cost and reduces the quality of care for everyone. 
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    I agree. Segregation in places such as this have been neglected for too long and need to be brought to the attention of the public. The moral and financial issues that result from such choices are too much of a problem.
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    Healthcare should be available to all people regardless of their race or gender. The "equal opportunity" clause is completely violated in many aspects of healthcare. Each person should have equal opportunities to receive medical attention at the same degree of every other citizen.
paigedeleeuw

Current Issues - 1 views

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    Education Emerges as Prominent Civil Rights Issue. Gay rights, health care, gender equality such as strong support for equal pay are also identified as top civil rights issues. According to a recent survey, education has been decided as a prominent civil rights issue in today's society.
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    This survey is all very well, but how can we just vote on what "right" we need most when most of these named rely heavily on each other? One can not just pick a random cause and fight for just that. Each topic stated should be of the same amount of high importance.
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