by Girish Anand | Sep 5, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor will hear arguments in Texas beginning today in a case brought by 20 “red” states over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), whose result could have far-reaching consequences in the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 2, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A federal judge in North Texas has handed a group of states hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds from an Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) program known as the Health Insurance Providers Fee, which collects Medicaid taxes from the states to help fund...
by Girish Anand | Aug 30, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
New York and Minnesota, the only two states to establish Basic Health Programs (BHPs) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will now receive promised federal funding after suing the Trump administration. Basic Health Programs are state-operated insurance providers for...
by Girish Anand | Aug 21, 2018 | ACA, Association Health Plans
Three chambers of commerce in southern Nevada are taking advantage of an Association Health Plan (AHP) rule issued in June by the Department of Labor (DOL) to form the Clark County Health Plan Association, which intends to offer a choice of ten different policies from...
by Girish Anand | Aug 16, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Obamacare
While the Trump administration has rolled out a plan to make available short-term health insurance policies, up from the current 90 days to 12 months in duration, some states have already said they don’t want any part of it. Since the plans don’t have to...
by Girish Anand | Aug 1, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has issued a Section 1332 Waiver to Maine to allow the state to set up a reinsurance plan to help pay the medical costs of residents with certain qualifying conditions, thus helping lower the health insurance...