by admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
While Democrats were singing its praises, Republicans in Congress were working on a measure to present to the president to end it (however unlikely that he’d ever sign it). “It,” of course, is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as...
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have published final rules to amend the definition of excepted benefits to include certain limited coverage that wraps around individual health insurance. Such coverage would have to be specifically...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare
Nationwide, nearly 11.7 million consumers selected or were automatically re-enrolled in health insurance coverage through the state and federal Health Insurance Marketplace as of Feb. 22, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human...
by admin | Mar 9, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who did not have health coverage in 2014 and are subject to the fee or “shared responsibility payment” when they file their 2014 taxes...
by admin | Mar 4, 2015 | Affordable Care Act
No decision will be issued before late June doubtlessly, but today the Supreme Court heard arguments about a clause in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that reads as limiting health insurance subsidies to those who purchase policies on state-run exchanges. The phrase...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Of the 4.7 million persons who obtained insurance coverage from HealthCare.gov in 2014, about 1.2 million of them shopped around and switched plans for 2015. Another 1 million did comparison shopping but stuck with their 2014 plans. The unexpected shopping spree was...
