by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Though critics claim the goal of 900,000 new Obamacare sign-ups by Dec. 15 was modest to begin with, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that the state and federal exchanges have already secured 1 million new enrollees. In all,...
by admin | Nov 20, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
UnitedHealth, the industry’s largest insurer, is eyeing lessened or no participation in the Obamacare marketplaces in 2017 and is already cutting back participation during this year’s open enrollment, citing high costs and low participation. “We...
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
In a report not yet fully released, the Obama administration on Monday conceded that health care premiums for 2016 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will rise pretty much across the board. For instance, the premium for the midrange “silver plan” will...
by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | Obamacare, PPACA
In a long-shot gamble likely to be rejected, the Pacific Legal Foundation today filed a petition with the Supreme Court, arguing that Obamacare is unconstitutional because the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) violates the Constitution’s...
by admin | Oct 6, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) allows states to obtain waivers to tinker with provisions of Obamacare beginning in 2017. Depending on how much leeway the federal government will allow, states could drop the individual mandate or...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told a group of medical students yesterday that getting those who are still uninsured to sign up during the next open enrollment period is going to be a “bigger challenge.” Speaking at the...