by Girish Anand | Nov 12, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, OSHA
While the federal government rushes to fix the bugs in its HealthCare.gov online Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that fewer than 50,000 persons had enrolled in health care on the site through Nov. 1. HealthCare.gov serves customers in the 36 states...
by Girish Anand | Nov 4, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), declaring that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) isn't a federal health care program like Medicare or Medicaid, has ruled that pharmaceutical companies are free to offer drug copay cards to Obamacare policyholders....
by Girish Anand | Nov 4, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The New York Times reports today that some 7 million Americans will be able to receive free or almost-free non-Medicaid health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Health plans will be available for zero or next-to-zero cost after federal subsidies for those...
by Girish Anand | Oct 29, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Bloomberg and other news sources are reporting that private health insurance plans carried by hundreds of thousands of Americans are being canceled prior to the start of the New Year, thrusting most of these policyholders onto the Marketplaces to find new insurance....
by Girish Anand | Oct 28, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
A data center serving the Obamacare Marketplace websites in 14 state-operated exchanges as well as the nationwide HealthCare.gov site went down Sunday, blocking all online health insurance sign-up operations throughout the country. The data center, operated by...
by Girish Anand | Oct 24, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
Due to a conflict between the date that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said individuals must have health insurance or face a tax penalty and the date that the Marketplaces will cease selling coverage, the administration has pushed back the penalty date by six...