by Girish Anand | Nov 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Medicaid, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting waivers for states to establish work requirements for the able-bodied who receive Medicaid health care services. The requirements usually consist of community service, job training or schooling, if not...
by Girish Anand | Nov 21, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
In week three of the 2019 Open Enrollment, 748,244 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform, bringing the total to 1,924,476. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday. Consequently, the cumulative totals reported in this...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule, “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): Exchange Program Integrity.” This proposal, CMS says, would safeguard taxpayer dollars by ensuring that people are accurately...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of Ft. Worth, Texas, heard arguments two months ago over a Texas-led coalition’s contention that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is no longer constitutional now that the individual mandate has lost its...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
Three states that are considered mostly Republican-leaning (aka “red states”) approved the expansion of Medicaid at the ballot box Tuesday. Idaho, Nebraska and Utah all said yes, while Montana rejected permanent Medicaid expansion after embracing the...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
In week one of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Open Enrollment for 2019, 371,676 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday. Consequently, week one was only three days long this year...