April 29, 2012

With an Eye on the Court, Foundations Help States Adopt Health Law

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Health Care for America Now, a foundation-supported advocacy group, rallied supporters to urge the Supreme Court to uphold the federal health-care law.

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Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Newscom

Health Care for America Now, a foundation-supported advocacy group, rallied supporters to urge the Supreme Court to uphold the federal health-care law.

By Suzanne Perry

Sara Kay, an official at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, says she has been “obsessing” lately about the Supreme Court.

It’s not something that Ms. Kay, who oversees the foundation’s health-care grants, normally has to worry much about. But the court is expected to rule in June on an issue that’s close to her heart: whether the 2010 law that overhauled the country’s health-care system is constitutional.

Nathan Cummings strongly backs the