by Girish Anand | Apr 9, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) today issued a final rule that seeks more elasticity in how the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) are applied to allow more flexibility in policy offerings and pricing on the federal and state...
by Girish Anand | Apr 4, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final report on the 2018 open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) policies, touting the cost effectiveness of the new approach. In 2017, CMS spent $100 million in...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform
A bill has landed on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s desk that will enable small businesses to band together to form association health plans that are exempt from the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She is expected to sign it. The bill merges two...
by Girish Anand | Mar 22, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Obamacare
BREAKING: The Senate approved the House version in the wee hours of Friday, March 23, and President Trump signed the measure the next day, averting a government shutdown. The bill funding the federal government through September still faces a stiff deadline of Friday...
by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, BLS, CMS, Health Care Reform
The price of health care in the United States shot up 2.2 percent in February compared to 1.6 percent overall annual growth in 2016 and 2017, according to statistics gathered and released by health care consultancy Altarum. The lowest annual growth rate — 1.1...
by Girish Anand | Mar 9, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) yesterday stepped in to void Idaho’s attempt to sell health insurance policies that do not meet the standards of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CMS Administrator Seema Verma sent a letter to Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch”...