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Waiting Outside the Supreme Court for the Affordable Care Act Decision, Thursday Morning, June 28, 2012 Photo Courtesy of Janis Guerney, Family Voices Public Policy Co-Director Washington, DC –  Family Voices joined seven of the nation’s leading child health and advocacy organizations to react to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling today to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA): “We’re very pleased the Supreme Court upheld the entire Affordable Care Act,” said  Family Voices Executive Director Sophie Arao-Nguyen.  “The law is a great step forward in protecting and improving the health of all children, including children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities. Today’s ruling means these vulnerable children will continue to enjoy the critical protections afforded by the law, such as bans on pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime limits, and all annual limits on insurance coverage as of 2014. We’re grateful young adults can still be covered under their p

Family Voices Indiana shares the following information regarding the Affordable Care Act decision expected to be released this week.......You can read more about the ACA on here on our blog:  http://www.fvindiana.blogspot.com/search/label/Affordable%20Care%20Act The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision on the health care reform law this  Thursday , 6/28, at about  10:00 AM ET.   Below are some resources that will help you to understand the decision.  (Dates assume that the decision is, in fact, issued on Thursday.) : Kaiser Health News  will be holding a live video webcast at  4 p.m. ET   Thursday , featuring KHN and SCOTUSblog reporters & analysts.  Go to  http://www.kaiserhealthnews. org/Judging-The-Health-Law. aspx?utm_source=khn&utm_ medium=internal&utm_campaign= skybox  for the webcast and a number of background articles on the law and potential consequences of its being overturned. A clear explanation of the issues up for review by th

Family Voices Indiana shares the following information regarding the Affordable Care Act decision expected to be released this week.......You can read more about the ACA on here on our blog:  http://www.fvindiana.blogspot.com/search/label/Affordable%20Care%20Act The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision on the health care reform law this  Thursday , 6/28, at about  10:00 AM ET.   Below are some resources that will help you to understand the decision.  (Dates assume that the decision is, in fact, issued on Thursday.) : SCOTUSblog , a website specializing in the Supreme Court, will do live blog-casting beginning at  9:00 AM ET Thursday .  They have provided a URL dedicated to the blog --  scotusblog.wpengine.com  – which they suggest going to directly, but that is not currently working.  If that still isn’t working on Friday, just go to  www.scotusblog.com  to get redirected. A clear explanation of the issues up for review by the Court has been done by the  N