by Girish Anand | Jul 4, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
Though the actual number of open enrollment Obamacare policyholders who paid their premiums the first month rose over 2017 by 3 percent — standing at 10.6 million people for 2018 — those seeking policies who didn’t qualify for subsidies fell by as...
by Girish Anand | Jun 21, 2018 | ACA, CHIP, Obamacare
A move by the Trump administration to claw back nearly $15 in spending from the massive March 23 budget bill has failed in the Senate in a vote eerily similar to last summer’s vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The rescission measure would have hit...
by Girish Anand | Jun 8, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOJ, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court
Faced with a challenge by 20 attorneys general in a federal court in Texas, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going to trial with no defense from the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ). The case rests on the constitutionality — or...
by Girish Anand | Jun 1, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
New Jersey has become the second state to legislate an individual Obamacare-like health care mandate following the lead of Massachusetts, which instituted its mandate in 2006 when it passed Romneycare. The New Jersey mandate replaces the financial penalty for not...
by Girish Anand | May 29, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits Administration, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare
The federal government subsidizes health insurance for most Americans through a variety of programs and tax provisions. In 2018, net subsidies for non-institutionalized people under age 65 will total $685 billion, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of...
by Girish Anand | May 20, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has rejected a waiver request from the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) to eliminate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual shared responsibility mandate in the state. As originally written, that provision of the...
