by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
While a district judge in Texas weighs the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), an appeal to the Supreme Court to review the circuit court ruling that struck down the ACA’s individual mandate has been rejected for this term. The court could...
by Girish Anand | Jan 5, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court
UPDATE: On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court set a Friday afternoon deadline for ACA opponents to respond to the Blue State coalition’s request to expedite the case to be resolved before the November 2020 election. Led by California, a coalition of 20 Blue State...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
If your business has gotten IRS penalty notices for Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) violations, you may soon get what’s called a Letter 5005A — which means pay up or the agency will levy your bank accounts or property to make good on what’s...
by Girish Anand | Oct 31, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
One day before open enrollment begins on the Obamacare exchanges, Senate Democrats forced a procedural vote on a Trump-era regulation allowing states to design their own health care programs, and the Republican Senate held mostly firm with only Sen. Susan Collins of...
by Girish Anand | Oct 23, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
In the ongoing saga over cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to health insurers, a federal judge has sided with the insurers and ordered the federal government to cough up $1.6 billion. The CSR payments were promised in the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) in...
by Girish Anand | Oct 22, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the average premium for the second lowest cost silver plan on HealthCare.gov for a 27 year-old will drop by 4 percent for the 2020 coverage year. Additionally, 20 more issuers will...
