by Girish Anand | Nov 30, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of the Treasury issued new guidance on Nov. 29, allowing states to move their insurance markets away from what they called the “one-size-fits-all” rules and regulations imposed by...
by Girish Anand | Nov 21, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
In week three of the 2019 Open Enrollment, 748,244 people selected plans using the HealthCare.gov platform, bringing the total to 1,924,476. As in past years, enrollment weeks are measured Sunday through Saturday. Consequently, the cumulative totals reported in this...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of Ft. Worth, Texas, heard arguments two months ago over a Texas-led coalition’s contention that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) is no longer constitutional now that the individual mandate has lost its...
by Girish Anand | Oct 31, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS, Obamacare
The window for signing up for health insurance plans effective Jan. 1, 2019, closes at the end of Obamacare open enrollment on Dec. 15 of this year, following the opening of the federal exchange — HealthCare.gov — tomorrow. While this opening is of...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded $10 million in Navigator grants to 39 organizations that will serve as Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchange states. These awards will support the work of organizations that offer assistance to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 10, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
After double-digit increases for the past couple of years, premiums for health insurance policies purchased on the Obamacare exchanges for 2019 are expected to moderate — or even drop — in 41 states, while six states will see 10-percent-plus increases,...