by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A Harris poll has found that 61 percent of employees aren’t concerned about a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or commonly Obamacare), but there are provisions of the law they want to see preserved. Coverage for pre-existing conditions (80...
by Girish Anand | Jul 13, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Alaska has obtained a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to create the Alaska Reinsurance Program (ARP), which will be used to drive down costs to consumers while also providing coverage to those who lack insurance. “The approval...
by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that 141 individual market qualified health plan (QHP) issuers had submitted initial applications to offer coverage using the federally-facilitated exchange eligibility and enrollment platform...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2017 | ACA, Health Care Reform, Medicare
At the same time that it issued its assessment of the Senate’s new health care plan, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a related report comparing physician and hospital costs when paid by private insurers and when paid by Medicare and Medicare...
by Girish Anand | Jun 22, 2017 | ACA, Obamacare, PPACA
Gearing up for a hoped-for vote before the July 4th holiday, the U.S. Senate (actually, its Republican leadership) this morning released details about its proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 in pursuit of the GOP’s goal to “repeal and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 15, 2017 | ACA, CMS, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a county-level map of 2018 projected Health Insurance Exchanges participation based on the known issuer participation public announcements through June 9, 2017. This map shows that insurance options...