by Editorial Staff | Oct 11, 2021 | ACA, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversees the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including any Affordable Care Act implementation processes. In summary, the ACA is a 2010 comprehensive health care reform law designed to extend health coverage to Americans....
by Editorial Staff | Jul 11, 2020 | ACA, Health Care Reform, HHS
On July 10th, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury released a joint proposed rule to amend the requirements for grandfathered group health plans and grandfathered group health insurance coverage in order to...
by Girish Anand | May 28, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, gender identity, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, OCR
The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) contains language prohibiting discrimination in health care based on sex, which was expanded under a 2016 rule by the Obama-era Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include gender identity. Now the Trump HHS has...
by Girish Anand | Mar 29, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Association Health Plans, DOL, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
In the same week that the Trump administration doubled down on its legal opposition to Obamacare, a federal judge Thursday blocked as an “end-run” around the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) the expansion of Association Health...
by Girish Anand | Mar 27, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Centene, a major health insurer based in St. Louis, is paying $17.3 billion in cash and stock to purchase WellCare Health Plans, a provider of government-sponsored health care programs, including Medicaid. The merger has been approved by both companies’ boards...
by Girish Anand | Feb 21, 2019 | CMS, Health Care Reform
Health care spending in the United States is expected to rise 5.5 percent annually from 2018 to 2027, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates in a new report. “Among the major payers, average annual spending growth in Medicare...
