by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted an update to its Health Insurance Exchanges Issuer County Map. This map is of projected issuer participation on the Health Insurance Exchanges in 2018 based on the known issuer public announcements...
by Girish Anand | Sep 13, 2017 | ACA
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) has introduced legislation to establish a single-payer nationwide system of health care, commonly dubbed Medicare for All, while Sens. Bill Cassidy (R.-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are trying to beat the odds with a last-ditch repeal...
by Girish Anand | Sep 7, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.), who cast the third and decisive no vote the last time Obamacare repeal and replace was considered in the Senate, seemed to flip-flop on Sept. 6 when he said he would consider supporting a new measure called Graham-Cassidy, which has yet to...
by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Trump administration is slashing advertising for enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) policies for 2018 from $100 million to $10 million, and cutting funding for “navigators,” individuals who help people sign up, from $62.5 million to $36 million,...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Seven states had been scrambling to find insurers willing to sell Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance policies in 81 “bare” counties, and this week the sole remaining, unserviced county — Paulding in rural Ohio — found a suitor in...
by Girish Anand | Aug 24, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Faced with the possibility of having no insurance company selling on the Obamacare exchanges in the state, Iowa has applied for a 1332 innovation waiver under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If approved, Iowa will sell just one standard policy on the ACA...
