Syndication One News-Talk Network at the White House

Chief Adviser to President Obama Valarie Jarrett with Syn1 News-Talk Network's Operations Supervisor Kirk Tanter in the Chief Adviser's office at the White House (photo by Kirk Tanter)

Over the past two days, March 26 and 27, 2012, the Syndication One News-Talk Network broadcasted live from the Mott House across the street from the United States Supreme Court during the Supreme Court hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care plan. 

Syn1 News-Talk Network's talk show host Warren Ballentine interviewed Congressman Dennis Kucinich (advocate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care law), Women Health Advocates, Medicare and Social Security activists, President of Families USA Ron Pollack, and more. 

On Monday, following day 1 of the two-day US Supreme Court broadcast, Ballentine was granted a taped interview with Chief Adviser to the President, Valarie Jarrett. The interview took place from Jarrett's office in the White House.

The issue discussed were the multiple benefits that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care plan provides to Americans of all ages, races, economic status, and genders. The Jarrett interview aired on the Syndication One News-Talk Network on Tuesday March 27th on the 10a-1p edt Warren Ballentine show.

 

Syn1 Talk Show Host Warren Ballentine prepares for an interviewPresident Obama's Chief Adviser Valarie Jarrett in her office at the White House (photo by Kirk Tanter) 

The Supreme Court hearings concluded on Wednesday March 28th, with the justices having a major concern about one clause within the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Plan. The justices were “very concerned” about the effects on the insurance industry of leaving intact the obligations imposed on it to offer coverage to all who seek it without the source of income from the individual mandate. 

If the justices repeal this clause in the Affordable Health Care Law, there is possibility that the entire 2700-page Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care law will be repealed.

Another issue that the Majority-Republican court constitutionally had a issue with is, the Federal Government promising State's additional money they expand Medicaid to include more of the poor. States can refuse, but only if they pull out of the program altogether. 

Protesters lined up at the Supreme Court during the Affordable Health Care Law hearings (photo by Kirk Tanter)

The question before the Supreme Court is whethere the law violates limits the the court has set in the past: that the federal bovernment cannot impose conditions "so coercive as to pass the point at which pressure turn into compulsion."

Liberal justices thought the States' argument lacked merit. "Why is a big gift by the fereal government as matter of coercion?" asked Justice Elena Kagan, saying the government is giving the States a "boatload of money."

Conservative Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said that if Medicaid program had become so large that no State could turn down the government's offer. "When that's the case, how can that 'not' be coercion?" he asked Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.. 

Syndication One News-Talk Network host Warren Ballentine with Chief Adviser to the President Valarie Jarrett in her office at the White House (photo credit: Kirk Tanter)

In the White House interview that Syndication One News-Talk Network's talk show host Warren Ballentine had with Chief Adviser to the President Valarie Jarrett, Valarie listed a number of Health Care benefits within the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care law for Senior Citizens, the Poor, and Small Businesses:

1. Insurance Companies cannot discriminate against Pre-Existing Conditions

2. Young people under 26 years old can remain on parents medical plans

3. Seniors will have rebates on medicine

4. An exchange pool of physicians for individual medical coverage is set up for employees not covered by employers

5. Small Business will have a 35% tax credit toward Health Care

6. Health Insurance Companies are required not to charge co-pays for Preventive Care 

and so on...

The Republican-dominated Supreme Court is schedule to officially vote on the constitutionality of certain provisions within the Health Care law (may repeal the entire Health Care law altogether) on Friday March 30th; Debate their vote between Friday and June; and have a final ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care law in June 2012.