by admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has offered a mea culpa after it mailed 800,000 incorrect tax forms for those who signed up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov for 2014. The forms show the tax subsidy that the enrollee is entitled to; some forms...
by admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Open enrollment during the second year of Obamacare closed on Sunday, Feb. 15, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) subsequently released its latest statistical “snapshot” showing that 11.4 million persons signed up or renewed their health...
by admin | Jan 10, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in charge of enacting Obamacare, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in charge of enforcing the very same Affordable Care Act (ACA), have issued a statement about providing help at tax time for those who signed up...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
A coalition of 279 patient advocacy groups calling itself “I Am (Still) Essential” has called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to better define what is considered discrimination under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “As part of the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
To reach more Americans this open enrollment season, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Sylvia M. Burwell hsa announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between HHS and the electronic cash transactions company PayNearMe to reach financially underserved and other...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
As the Dec. 15 deadline approaches to sign up for health care coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it calls a “snapshot” of activity on the site. According to the just-released snapshot,...