The following ObamaCare Summary offers a quick overview of what you need to know about health care reform under the Affordable Care Act.
Under the law, people in the United States who don’t qualify for an exemption are required to obtain a minimum amount of healthcare coverage. This essential fact of the law has become muddied through news media outlets, speculation, and widespread misinformation. We offer this summary of the...
CMS expects that this change would improve the risk pool by reducing enrollments late in the open enrollment period spurred by an applicant’s recent discovery of a need to access health care services. This policy would also increase premium payments to plans, as more enrollees would begin the ...
News flash to Warren, et al.: There is no attack on health care, and no in America is being deprived of birth control. You are losing nothing but the power to force nuns to pay for your oral contraceptives. …As a matter of economics and public policy, the Affordable Care Act mandate...
As we look to the future, the outlook for the ACA and the broader healthcare system will depend on various factors. Political dynamics, healthcare policy decisions, and ongoing efforts to address challenges will shape the direction of healthcare in the coming years. Continued evaluation, innovatio...
"ObamaCare" is a nickname for the healthcare law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). The law is often called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short.
After more than year of passionate debate, partisan politics and substantive policy discussions, Mr. Obama saw through his top domestic priority, even as it weighed down the Democratic party politically. The House of Representatives on Sundaypassed the health care reform packageinitially passed by the...
In one of the most closely-watched decisions in recent years,the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, including the controversial individual mandate requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty.SCOTUS Blogposted a succinct one paragraph summary of the decis...
The ACA requires all ACA health insurance plans to cover 10essential health insurance benefits. But, specific services under each of these categories can vary based on your states’ requirements. These detailed services are described in the plan’sSummary of Benefits, which is typically found after...
A historic vote in Congress has propelled US healthcare reform toward a conclusion. Susan Dentzer looks at what went wrong over the year of debate and what finally went rightAfter at least five decades of consideration, a presidential election that turned partly on the subject, and more than ...