by Girish Anand | Mar 31, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, Random Musings
On the last official day to sign up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, the main federal site — HealthCare.gov — went down for four hours, directing visitors to a virtual waiting room or just alerting them that the site was...
by Girish Anand | Mar 29, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law a bill raising the state's minimum wage to the highest for any state in the nation, $10.10 an hour. The new rate will phase in, rising from the current $8.70 an hour to $9.15 on Jan. 1, 2015, then to $9.60 on...
by Girish Anand | Mar 27, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
In a transatlantic conference call with supporters, health care navigators and volunteers, President Obama today claimed sign-ups under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) have already reached 6 million even before the official deadline of March 31....
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a regional decision springing from efforts of student athletes at Northwestern University, has ruled that amateur college players have the right to unionize. Peter Sung Ohr, regional NLRB director in Chicago, wrote:...
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
As the Washington Post first reported, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is creating a checkbox on the HealthCare.gov website to allow persons to indicate they tried to enroll before the March 31 sign-up deadline but were unable to finish, thus gaining...