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Day two of hearings at the Supreme Court yesterday found the justices pressing the federal government's case by searching for analogies in a host of other industries -- ranging from burial services and telecommunications to food and emergency services -- in order to better understand the nature of the individual mandate.

Teri Fontenot is one of the few women who head a hospital and the one she leads is considered one of the largest freestanding women's hospitals in the country.

The Supreme Court dove into the heart of the health reform law and its most controversial aspect, the individual mandate, during day two of hearings on the law.

As the shortage of primary care providers is becoming more of a threat to healthcare organizations, a new national program has been created to help identify primary care sites around the country that are using their workforce creatively in order to increase access, provide good quality care and create value at their institutions.

The Supreme Court dove into the heart of the health reform law and its most controversial aspect, the individual mandate, in which the federal government had to deliver a stellar case to sway justices of the need to compel Americans to obtain insurance.

With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, new analysis from the Urban Institute shows that the requirement for all people to have health insurance or face a fine, would not affect 94 percent of the population.

Scores of opponents and supporters of the health care law rallied next to each other for over three hours Monday, before, during and after the Supreme Court hearing.

Barbara McNeil, MD, has spent a lifetime researching quality of care issues. Her work led the Department of Veterans Affairs to change how care is provided to veterans.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to make health coverage available to an estimated 32 million people nationwide and to enable consumers to be screened simultaneously for private coverage as well as Medicaid, CHIP and tax-based subsidies.

The Supreme Court justices listened to arguments Monday about whether or not they have jurisdiction in the lawsuit brought by 26 states led by Florida against the federal government over the constitutionality of the health reform law.