by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has handed President Obama a second victory in his signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ruling that premium subsidies should be available to both federal and state health insurance enrollees despite ACA language saying...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it was “pleased” to up its reimbursements to insurance companies to 100 percent for individual health claim costs that fall between $45,000 and $250,000. The original contribution...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
After some high-profile state defections, the ranks of states hosting their own Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplaces will grow with the addition of Arkansas, Delaware and Pennsylvania, whose applications were recently approved by the Department of...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
Because the back-end of HealthCare.gov is still unable to accurately calculate subsidies owed to Obamacare sign-ups, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been relying on estimates provided by insurers of what is owed them, according to an audit by...
by admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
The latest Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tracking Survey pegs the percentage of uninsured working-age adults at 13 in May 2015, down from 20 percent prior to the first Obamacare enrollment period in 2013-2014. This represents an estimated decline of 12.1...
by admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), out-of-pocket health expenses in non-grandfathered insurance plans will rise to $6,850 in 2016 for individuals and to $13,700 for family coverage. Breaking from the past, however, the individual limit now applies regardless. In...