by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Starting in 2017, states can opt out of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and implement their own health care systems, but they must match or exceed ACA standards. Hawaii has now jumped into the opt-out, do-better fray, saying its own standards already exceed...
by Girish Anand | Sep 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
With the sign-up of young persons lagging behind the needs of balancing young and old, healthy and sick, the administration is turning to cyberspace and other initiatives to lure young people into signing up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018, which proposes additional steps to strengthen the Health Insurance Marketplace. CMS said it is issuing this rule earlier in the...
by Girish Anand | Aug 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
An analysis by the respected Kaiser Family Foundation finds that 31 percent of U.S. counties will have only one insurer to choose from when open enrollment for Obamacare commences Nov. 1. Another 31 percent will have only two, and one county — Pinal in Arizona...
by Girish Anand | Aug 16, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Aetna Inc., citing losses of at least $300 million this year on Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance policies, announced it is abandoning the Obamacare marketplaces in 11 of the 15 states it currently serves, leaving Pinal County in Arizona with no insurer...
by Girish Anand | Aug 3, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Aetna has joined UnitedHealth Group and Humana in reconsidering — and even pulling back — its participation in Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance marketplaces. Facing up to $300 million in ACA policy losses this year, Aetna announced it has canceled a...