by Girish Anand | Feb 10, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Though it’s been labeled pretty much dead on arrival, President Obama’s budget for 2017 includes a request for funds to allow new states to expand their Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a two-year free ride. The original ACA...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Through October 2015, the Obamacare provision that allows states to enroll anyone earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level into Medicare has netted 13.5 million new enrollees, eclipsing marketplace sign-ups — both state and federal — by a...
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...