by Girish Anand | Jul 29, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
On the eve of the 48th anniversary of the signing of Medicare and Medicaid into law, new information released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claims to show a stronger Medicare program because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 22, 2013 | Health Care Reform, Obamacare
A poll just out, conducted by LocumTenens.com, shows that just 11 percent of the nation's doctors believe that the Health Insurance Marketplaces envisioned by the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) will be operational in their states by the Oct. 1, 2013,...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report that finds premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace will be nearly 20 percent lower in 2014 than previously expected. The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers in every state to publicly justify...
by Girish Anand | Jul 17, 2013 | Health Care Reform
Regardless of the fact that the Employer Shared Responsibility "play or pay" assessment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) has been delayed until 2015, Massachusetts has dropped its similar penalty provision effective this July 1 in deference to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
On Friday, July 12, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations on health insurance navigators, who will help steer consumer toward the proper coverage beginning Oct. 1, 2013, when the Health Insurance Marketplaces open for business (in...
by Girish Anand | Jul 12, 2013 | Health Care Reform, U.S. Supreme Court
Though the Shared Employment Responsibility provision (aka: employer mandate) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has been put on ice for an additional year, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the...