by admin | Oct 7, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has invited health insurers to test the revamped HealthCare.Gov site today but only if they “acknowledge the confidentiality of this process.” Despite the gag order, which states that the testers...
by admin | Oct 7, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Joining Target, Home Depot and others, Wal-Mart — the nation’s largest retailer — has announced plans to eliminate health insurance for some of its part-time workers (those who work fewer than 30 hours a week) in order to curb health care expenses....
by admin | Sep 19, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has warned again that some 115,000 people will lose the health insurance policies they purchased under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if they don’t submit documents showing their legal right to reside in the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says its audit of a demonstration program for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas shows that the program is not cost-neutral, which violates standards for allowing Medicaid experimentation. The Department of Health and Human...
by admin | Aug 12, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
A preliminary analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute predicts that premiums on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces will rise an average of 7.5 percent for 2015 policies when open enrollment commences Nov. 15. State by state, a wide...
by admin | Aug 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Oracle Corp. has filed suit against the Oregon agency that operated the state's now-defunct Obamacare marketplace website, in the process accusing Gov. John Kitzhaber of trying to systematically "vilify the company in the media." In a 21-page complaint...