by Girish Anand | May 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
American companies with 50 or more employees could save $3.25 trillion over the next decade by dropping health coverage and paying the shared responsibility penalties of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while shifting their employees onto the Obamacare marketplaces, a...
by Girish Anand | Apr 25, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Obamacare website for Oregon is expected to shut down today and defer its future sign-ups to HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace for health insurance. To date, Cover Oregon has been completely dysfunctional and has not signed up a single person on its site....
by Girish Anand | Apr 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
With his administration announcing that 8 million had signed up for insurance on the health care marketplaces, President Obama proclaimed the debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over and down with. The administration's figure of 8 million was...
by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
All employers want their employees to be healthy and ready for work, so encouraging employees to undergo annual physicals, quit smoking, or exercise more makes sense for many employers. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has created new incentives for wellness programs...
by Girish Anand | Apr 15, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obamacare, PPACA
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued new estimates of the costs and coverage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), finding savings of $104 billion through 2024 and $4 billion in 2014 alone. The cost for the first decade of Obamacare has been revised downward...
by Girish Anand | Apr 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Less than two weeks after the official close of enrollment for Obamacare, the health reform's principal spokesperson has resigned. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was said today to be tendering her resignation, with President Obama set to...