by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
To keep premiums — and expenses — low, health insurance companies rely on what are called “narrow networks” of providers, limiting the consumer’s options. Now the Harvard School of Public Health has found that 15 percent of the 135 silver...
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
In a report not yet fully released, the Obama administration on Monday conceded that health care premiums for 2016 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will rise pretty much across the board. For instance, the premium for the midrange “silver plan” will...
by admin | Oct 25, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS
The initial version of HealthCare.gov was so defective, it slowed and hindered the launch of Obamacare in 2013. Now, several iterations and glitch fixes later, today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a more user-friendly version, dubbed...
by admin | Oct 20, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Obama administration sought an immediate appeal of a judge’s ruling letting a lawsuit initiated by the House of Representatives about Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding to go forward, but was rebuffed this week when U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled:...
by admin | Oct 19, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that she expects 10 million individuals to be enrolled in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces and paying their premiums –- so-called effectuated coverage -– at the close of...
by admin | Oct 12, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Under terms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the official definition of small group for health insurance purposes was set to rise from 50 to 100 employees in 2016, but a bipartisan effort by Congress — along with a president’s signature — has...
