Florida Judge Stays Ruling

In a surprising move judge Roger Vinson stayed his own ruling against the ENTIRE new health care law. This is essentially a suspension of the judge's order to hold the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care pending appeals. As a result, Governor Sean Parnell of Alaska, a Republican who announced last month that his state would not put in effect the health law in light of Judge Vinson’s ruling, said Thursday that “our administration will treat the federal health care law as being in place.” Consequently, Governor Rick Scott should follow suit and immediately rescind his decision to withhold implementation of the federal health care law. Otherwise, Floridians will NOT be able to benefit from the services the law does offer. This includes the:

* Ban on withholding insurance due to pre-existing conditions
* $50 million dollar fund to help states experiment with alternatives of medical liability
reform
* One percent Medicare bonus for physicians who are reporting health quality-outcomes using
a health information technology platform

Now is the time to act! I hope he does.
Yours
Bernd


For more information see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/health/policy/04judge.html