by Girish Anand | Sep 19, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
The latest Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare in the form of the Graham-Cassidy bill got a boost on Monday when Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) indicated he might vote yea so long as his state’s governor supported the measure. Later in the day,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 17, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Medicaid
A new Republican bill that would gut the Affordable Care Act (ACAA) and replace it with block grants to the states to implement their own health care programs — even single-payer — is breathing new life into the “repeal and replace” movement...
by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted an update to its Health Insurance Exchanges Issuer County Map. This map is of projected issuer participation on the Health Insurance Exchanges in 2018 based on the known issuer public announcements...
by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Trump administration is slashing advertising for enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) policies for 2018 from $100 million to $10 million, and cutting funding for “navigators,” individuals who help people sign up, from $62.5 million to $36 million,...
by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports that 4 million Americans paid an average of $708 for not having health insurance in 2016 — what the IRS terms the Individual Shared Responsibility Payment (ISRP). The average is just over the base penalty of $695...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
With the defection of two more Senate Republicans from the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 has been withdrawn from a vote. On Monday, Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) issued statements declaring they would...