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Brief Of Amici Curiae Jewish Alliance For Law, Social Action (Jalsa), Jewish Council On Urban Affairs (Jcua), Jewish Social Policy Action Network (Jspan), New England Jewish Labor Committee (Jlc), And Professor Abigail R. Moncrieff In Support, Abigail Moncrieff, Andrew Fischer
Brief Of Amici Curiae Jewish Alliance For Law, Social Action (Jalsa), Jewish Council On Urban Affairs (Jcua), Jewish Social Policy Action Network (Jspan), New England Jewish Labor Committee (Jlc), And Professor Abigail R. Moncrieff In Support, Abigail Moncrieff, Andrew Fischer
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The minimum coverage provision does not require individuals to purchase any unique product or service but rather requires a standardized financial contribution to the national healthcare infrastructure from all legal residents who are able to pay – a kind of requirement that has never been found unduly or even unusually restrictive of individual liberty.
Amici Curiae Brief In Support Of Petitioners Urging Reversal On The Minimum Coverage Provision Issue, Department Of Health And Human Services V. State Of Florida, Wendy Parmet, Lorianne Sainsbury-Wong
Amici Curiae Brief In Support Of Petitioners Urging Reversal On The Minimum Coverage Provision Issue, Department Of Health And Human Services V. State Of Florida, Wendy Parmet, Lorianne Sainsbury-Wong
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This amicus brief was filed before the Supreme Court in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) litigation on behalf of Health Care for All and other Massachusetts organizations that have been involved in the implementation of Massachusetts’ health 2006 health reform legislation. The brief argues that Massachusetts’ health reform law, upon which the ACA is modeled, has been very effective in expanding insurance coverage within the State, but it required substantial federal support, through a Medicaid waiver, to achieve its success. In addition the Commonwealth’s experience illustrates that the health insurance and health care markets are inherently interstate commerce and that …