Statements, Assessments on Today’s Supreme Court Ruling

This morning brought news of the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding (most of) the Affordable Care Act. Here’s a link to the ruling:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf.

And here’s a list of various statements on the ruling:

The above was first posted on the Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest email alert

Come hear a panel of UC Berkeley experts assess impacts of Supreme Court health law ruling. Details here.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, July 2

WHERE: Room 132, UC Berkeley Law School, South Addition, located at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Bancroft Way.

WHO: UC Berkeley public policy professor John Ellwood, also the director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Scholars in Health Policy Research program at UC Berkeley and UCSF, will moderate the panel. Panelists will include:

  • Jesse Choper, professor of law and expert on constitutional law who has written about the Supreme Court
  • Stephen Shortell, dean of the School of Public Health and authority on implementation of the Affordable Care Act
  • Brad DeLong, professor of economics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Economic Policy and expert on political economy
  • Ann O’Leary, a lecturer in health law, and an expert in health law and the U.S. health care system’s financing and organization
  • Ann Marie Marciarille, a lecturer and expert on health care law