by Girish Anand | Aug 30, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
According to the “medical loss ratio” provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), insurers must rebate excess premiums by Sept. 30 each year. The estimated tab for this fall is approximately $1 billion, according to estimates, as refunds are...
by Girish Anand | Aug 22, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
From a peak of 18.8 million in 2015 — the first year of Obamacare — the number of Americans enrolled in individual marketplace health insurance policies has dropped to 13.7 million, most of the decline stemming from the non-Obamacare exchanges. Following...
by Girish Anand | Aug 14, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
An analysis of health insurer rate filings with state commissioners shows that 2020 premiums for policies sold on the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) exchanges look to rise just 0.6 percent, according to a report by Healthcare Dive. Many states might actually...
by Girish Anand | Aug 13, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
From 2016 to 2018, 2.5 million customers who failed to qualify for a subsidy dropped their coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), a 40 percent falloff, according to data released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). “As...
by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments in early July on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). The justices were convened to weigh an appeal from Blue State attorneys-general (AGs)...
by Girish Anand | Jul 3, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally set a deadline of today for the filing of supplemental briefs on the question of whether Blue State attorneys general (AGs) and the House of Representatives have standing in the case of the constitutionality of the...