by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOJ, Obamacare
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments on appeal of a district judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is unconstitutional, but it is now questioning whether anyone has the standing to argue against the ruling. The...
by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case brought by health insurance companies claiming they are owed $12 billion by the government for unfunded Obamacare risk corridor payments. Risk corridor payments were designed to compensate those insurance companies that...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, POTUS, U.S. Supreme Court
A coalition of five cities has sued President Trump and officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for deliberately “sabotaging” the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). The suit hinges on a clause in the Constitution and on the...
by Girish Anand | May 28, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, gender identity, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, OCR
The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) contains language prohibiting discrimination in health care based on sex, which was expanded under a 2016 rule by the Obama-era Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include gender identity. Now the Trump HHS has...
by Girish Anand | May 14, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare
As “Medicare for All” becomes the mantra of several candidates for president, all progressive Democrats, Washington State on Monday inaugurated its own version of a public option health insurance plan, based on expanding the qualifications for Medicaid to...
by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
After a lengthy commentary period that saw few changes from the proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serves (CMS) has released its “Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters” for health insurance plans being sold on the Affordable Care Act...