Massachusetts Law News
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Taxpayer group says state health law not a “budget buster”
The 2006 Massachusetts law that requires most residents to have health insurance increased the state’s health care spending by about $453 million in fiscal year 2011, compared with five years earlier, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. That’s about what some analysts expected, the report said. The report also notes that the law has helped to propel the state ...
President Obama announces support for gay marriage in reversal of prior stance
President Obama declared today that he supports gay marriage, reversing his longstanding public statements of supporting equal rights for gay couples that stopped just short of marriage. In explaining his previous stance, Obama told ABC News, “I’ve been going through an evolution on this issue. I’ve always been adamant that gays and lesbians should be treated fairly and equally,” citing the ...
Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren react to Obama’s support of gay marriage
US Senator Scott Brown, an opponent of gay marriage when he was in the Massachusetts Legislature, said in a statement today that gay marriage is “settled law” in Massachusetts and should be decided by the states instead of the federal government. Brown’s leading Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Warren, has been courting the gay and lesbian community by advocating aggressively in favor of gay ...
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