by Girish Anand | Feb 10, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, SHOP
The Small Business Health Insurance Options Program (SHOP), which got off to a troubled start in 2014 on HealthCare.gov, breathes its last today, as the function shifts to brokers who will sell small business policies henceforth under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or...
by Girish Anand | Feb 3, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Conceding that the Trump administration’s goal is to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander nonetheless has tossed a lawsuit by Maryland that claimed the administration’s anti-ACA actions were harming the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 27, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Association Health Plans, DOJ, DOL, ERISA, Obamacare
A George W. Bush-appointed federal judge seems poised to put the kibosh on the Trump administration’s initiative to widen the use of association health plans (AHPs) by allowing for multi-state and multi-employer AHPs, something not allowed under the Affordable...
by Girish Anand | Jan 15, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
After a California judge blocked it in 13 western states, a federal judge in Philadelphia on Monday put the full kibosh on the slated implementation of the Trump administration’s new contraceptive rule for Obamacare, which would allow businesses to opt out of...
by Girish Anand | Jan 4, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Attorneys General from 16 Democrat-leaning states and the District of Columbia have filed an appeal to overturn U.S. District Judge Reed O’Conner’s Dec. 14 ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is unconstitutional now that the individual...
by Girish Anand | Dec 31, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on Sunday put a stay on his ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is unconstitutional while appeals are being prepared and heard. The Ft. Worth-based judge issued his ruling on Dec. 14, the day before the 2019...