by Girish Anand | Jan 10, 2019 | Health Care Reform
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is rolling out an initiative — with a promised $100 million-a-year investment — to guarantee all residents of his city access to health care. He calls it NYC Care. What he envisions is not single-payer, or even a health...
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 | Oct 31, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS, Obamacare
The window for signing up for health insurance plans effective Jan. 1, 2019, closes at the end of Obamacare open enrollment on Dec. 15 of this year, following the opening of the federal exchange — HealthCare.gov — tomorrow. While this opening is of...
by Girish Anand | Oct 22, 2018 | Health Care Reform
A full one-third (33%) of U.S. employers with 5,000 or more employees offered general medical worksite clinics in 2017, up from 24% in 2012. This is according to a survey from Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career. The Mercer Survey...
by Girish Anand | Sep 20, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
An analysis by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) of nationwide health care spending for enrollees in employer-sponsored insurance plans shows that expenditures rose 44 percent from 2007 to 2016, putting health care on track for a 20-percent slice of Gross Domestic...
by Girish Anand | Sep 4, 2018 | Health Care Reform
Snapping a decline that began in 2008, employers are more and more offering health insurance to their employers, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). In 2017, nearly 47 percent of employers offered health insurance, rising from 45.3 percent the...