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Oscar Health Lands Berkshire Hathaway Deal Ahead Of Obamacare Expansion
A new agreement Oscar Health signed with Berkshire Hathaway's NICO reinsurance subsidiary is a signal Oscar is on the verge of a big expansion in the…
Aug 15, 2019 21:02 UTC Health-Care Read More

How will California pay for an individual mandate?
California's new law providing state-paid subsidies for the purchase of health insurance seems to be good news for insurance companies, but it may be bad…
Aug 15, 2019 18:20 UTC Health-Care Read More

Cooper should nix "back to the bad old days" association health plans bill
As noted in this radio commentary, Gov. Roy Cooper should veto the so-called Association Health Plans bill that the General Assembly presented to him today.
Aug 15, 2019 18:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Op-Ed4 years ago ObamaCare Improves Health of Black America By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development.
Aug 15, 2019 03:42 UTC Health-Care Read More

ObamaCare’s Medicaid Deception
ObamaCare wasn't supposed to give free health insurance to everybody. The Affordable Care Act's authors expected the poor would enroll in Medicaid, while…
Aug 14, 2019 22:39 UTC Health-Care Read More

Obamacare's Individual Mandate Faces Challenge in Court
Allison Hoffman, professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Katherine Baicker, dean at University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy,…
Aug 14, 2019 19:02 UTC Health-Care Read More

IRS Decreases ACA Affordability Percentage for 2020 What does this mean for the Employer Shared Responsibility Rules?
In the recently issued Revenue Procedure 2019-29, the Internal Revenue *Service* (IRS) reduced the applicable contribution percentage for the 2020 plan…
Aug 14, 2019 16:18 UTC Health-Care Read More

Fewer people who don't get financial help are buying Affordable Care Act insurance, feds say
In the last few years, a chasm opened between those who get financial help with Affordable Care Act health insurance and those who can't.
Aug 14, 2019 09:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Affordable Care Act's 'Cadillac Tax' May Be Headed For Bipartisan Repeal : Shots Health News
The politics of health care are changing. And one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act — the so-called "Cadillac tax" — may be about to…
Aug 14, 2019 09:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Expect Increased IRS Penalties in 2019 for ACA Non-Compliance
The IRS will be increasing its penalties for ACA non-compliance for the 2019 tax year. Here's how it might impact your organization.
Aug 14, 2019 08:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Centene aims to expand presence in 10 ACA markets in 2020
Insurer Centene announced it will expand its Affordable Care Act exchange plans in 10 states starting in 2020.
Aug 13, 2019 15:02 UTC Health-Care Read More

Affordable Care Act enrollment falls as Trump expands other health insurance plans
The universe of people covered by the Affordable Care Act keeps narrowing. Between the lines: People who make too much money to qualify for help paying…
Aug 13, 2019 09:29 UTC Health-Care Read More

Charity care spending by California hospitals has plunged in wake of Affordable Care Act
California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income patients since the Affordable Care Act took effect, spending less than…
Aug 12, 2019 22:30 UTC Health-Care Read More

Georgia Obamacare prices stabilize as market adds insurers
Two insurers have filed preliminary plans to join Georgia's ACA exchange, making for six companies that could offer health insurance under Obamacare.
Aug 12, 2019 00:07 UTC Health-Care Read More

'Sabotage' of the Affordable Care Act is just political rhetoric TheHill
The Trump administration has put in place initiatives that will improve people's lives.
Aug 09, 2019 13:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Analysis The Health 202: Mayor Pete proposes keeping Obamacare, with a public option
Pete Buttigieg is quite liberal, even by the standards of his 2020 Democratic presidential primary rivals. But now that the South Bend, Ind. mayor is getting more…
Aug 09, 2019 11:03 UTC Health-Care Read More

Watch: Bill de Blasio, Hannity debate ObamaCare during headline-making interview
Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio and Fox News' Sean Hannity got into it during their headline-making interview over former President Barack…
Aug 08, 2019 22:46 UTC Health-Care Read More

Graham Reminds Us 2020 GOP Victory Means Another Assault on Obamacare
In an incautious remark, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham makes it clear his party will try once again to repeal Obamacare and create a health care block…
Aug 08, 2019 22:13 UTC Health-Care Read More

Lindsey Graham vows to repeal Obamacare if GOP takes control in 2020
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) admitted to a local radio station this week that if Republicans regain control of Congress in the 2020 elections, they will do what…
Aug 08, 2019 20:31 UTC Health-Care Read More

Joseph Q. Jarvis: The Affordable Care Act isn't: So, what is?
Middle-class families across the United States who have no employment-based health benefits are increasingly finding the cost of health insurance offered…
Aug 08, 2019 20:07 UTC Health-Care Read More

Joseph Q. Jarvis: The Affordable Care Act isn't: So, what is?
Middle-class families across the United States who have no employment-based health benefits are increasingly finding the cost of health insurance offered…
Aug 08, 2019 20:06 UTC Health-Care Read More

Kamala Harris Has a Good Health-Care Idea
Unlike Bernie Sanders, she wouldn't abolish Medicare Advantage, the successful program for seniors.
Aug 07, 2019 21:46 UTC Health-Care Read More

Bolstering the Affordable Care Act is our best hope to insure all Americans
Everyone should have access to health care, no matter who you are or where you live.
Aug 07, 2019 16:29 UTC Health-Care Read More