by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
As the Dec. 15 deadline approaches to sign up for health care coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it calls a “snapshot” of activity on the site. According to the just-released snapshot,...
by admin | Dec 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
A report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows an estimated 50,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and approximately $12 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010...
by admin | Nov 26, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
In 2014, just 106,000 people enrolled in Obamacare in the first month, but this year in the first week of open enrollment, HealthCare.gov and its Spanish-language counterpart CiudadodeSalud.gov signed up 462,125 people, according to the Department of Health and Human...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
What the Republicans in Congress quickly dubbed “Obamacare obfuscation,” Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathew Burwell called merely “a mistake.” Whatever you call it, the HHS-released figured of 7.1 million Obamacare...
by admin | Nov 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Since reporting that 500,000 logged onto HealthCare.gov and 100,000 submitted applications on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has remained silent on the results of Obamacare sign-ups, even refusing to answer media requests from the...
by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
Marred by glitches in its inaugural year, HealthCare.gov will begin accepting enrollments for 2015 beginning tomorow, Nov. 15, and ending Feb. 15, 2015. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathew Burwell promises a much smoother operation this time as the site...
