by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform
A bill has landed on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s desk that will enable small businesses to band together to form association health plans that are exempt from the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She is expected to sign it. The bill merges two...
by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, BLS, CMS, Health Care Reform
The price of health care in the United States shot up 2.2 percent in February compared to 1.6 percent overall annual growth in 2016 and 2017, according to statistics gathered and released by health care consultancy Altarum. The lowest annual growth rate — 1.1...
by Girish Anand | Feb 27, 2018 | Health Care Reform
Following an announcement by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase, Apple is beating that alliance to the punch by opening its own health care delivery system this spring called AC Wellness. The initiative’s nascent website likens the new service to a...
by Girish Anand | Feb 20, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
In direct response to President Trump’s October 2017 Executive Order, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury today issued a proposed rule that is intended to increase competition, choice, and access to lower-cost healthcare options...
by Girish Anand | Feb 14, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
While Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R.-Wisc.) told Fox Business that the new Republican goal was to seek “incremental” health care reform rather than repeal-and-replace, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R.-Texas) said separately that the...
by Girish Anand | Feb 14, 2018 | ACA, ADA, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
Health and Human Services (HHS) head Alex Azar, when pressed about the legality of Idaho’s plan to market non-Affordable Care Act (ACA) health policies, affirmed his support for the 2010 legislation that in essence federalizes standards for health insurance....