by Girish Anand | Apr 14, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced a set of limited “fixes” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) going forward. “While these steps will help stabilize the individual and small group markets, they are not a...
by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Shortly after signing an executive order barring any new regulations by federal agencies, President Donald J. Trump signed another order that mandates his agencies to “to waive, defer, grant exemptions from or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement...
by Girish Anand | Sep 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
With the sign-up of young persons lagging behind the needs of balancing young and old, healthy and sick, the administration is turning to cyberspace and other initiatives to lure young people into signing up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
by Girish Anand | Apr 20, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance firm, has announced it plans to withdraw from all but “a handful” of Obamacare states in 2017 as it faces losses from the program rising to $650 million this year. UnitedHealth currently...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Six years after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka “Obamacare”), the ranks of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients have swelled, while enrollees on the federal and state health...
by Girish Anand | Mar 23, 2016 | ACA, Obamacare, PPACA
It was six years ago today, on March 23, 2010, that the president signed into law his namesake legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly — but not always affectionately — known as Obamacare. In commemoration of the...
