by Girish Anand | Feb 27, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Moving beyond the like/dislike polls of Obamacare since 2010, in which the majority has always opted for "dislike," the latest poll by CBS and the New York Times posed three options: (1) like Obamacare as it is, (2) keep Obamacare but modify it, and (3)...
by Girish Anand | Feb 26, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Administration officials told The Huffington Post yesterday that another 700,000 individuals have signed up for Obamacare in February, bringing the total up to the 4-million range. The goal, however, is 7 million by the end of March, meaning in one month they'll...
by Girish Anand | Feb 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have announced the publication of final regulations implementing a 90-day limit on waiting periods for health coverage, as specified in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). "This is a common sense...
by Girish Anand | Feb 14, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
In a report this week, the New York Times, citing health industry insiders, says that 20 percent of enrollees in health insurance policies on the state and federal marketplaces have failed to make their premium payments. In an earlier report, cable broadcaster CNN...
by Girish Anand | Feb 13, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The government reported 1.1 million sign-ups for Obamacare in January, bringing the total to 3.3 million since the launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces in October, short of the 4.4 million projected. Of the 3.3 million total, California has contributed...
by Girish Anand | Feb 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
The Obamacare shared responsibility provision (aka "play or pay"), originally set to begin this Jan. 1 but delayed this past summer until Jan. 1, 2015, has now been delayed again, but only for employers with 50 to 99 employees. Mid-sized employers now...