FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 17, 2010
Contact: Erikka Knuti (202) 603-4600; .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
HIC Responds to New Report Exposing Judge Hudson as Unabashed Partisan
Judge in Virginia health care lawsuit credits "active service to the Republican party" with landing him a federal judgeship
Washington, D.C. — The Health Information Campaign (HIC) released a statement responding to a new report release today by Media Matters' Political Correction. The report, "Perhaps It Was Ego": Judge Hudson's Quest For Glory, a exposes Virginia Judge Henry Hudson as an ambitious partisan. Monday, Judge Hudson issued his ruling that the individual responsibility provision of the new health care law was unconstitutional.
Statement from Health Information Campaign Spokeswoman, Erikka Knuti:
"We expect our courts to be fair arbiters of the law. Twelve judges dismissed challenges to the health care law and two ruled the law and the individual responsibility provision constitutional. Judge Hudson's controversial decision was outside of the legal mainstream. This report by Political Correction shows Hudson to be an ambitious partisan who loves the spotlight.
"The Affordable Care Act is not a game; it is a lifeline for millions of Americans who desperately need affordable, accessible health coverage. No judge has the right to use this law to further their personal political agenda, not when the health care of so many is at stake."
HIC is a non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public about health care reform and serve as the voice of the Affordable Care Act supporting its implementation.
"Under new plans, no child under age 19 will be denied coverage for a pre-existing conditions, period. Adults who have been without insurance for six months and who have been unable to obtain insurance because of a pre-existing condition, can apply for coverage under the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)."
Insurers can no longer cut someone after the fact.
New screening procedures are now in place for health care providers to eliminate fraud and waste in the health care system.
Medicare Part D enrollees who hit the Medicare prescription drug benefit gap in 2010 will automatically receive a $250 rebate check.
Effective immediately, qualified small employers get tax credits of up to 35% of premiums for offering coverage.
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