The author cites the cost of health-insurance plans being offered by insurance exchanges in California and Oregon in arguing that expanded health coverage as envisioned by the 2010 U.S. Affordable Care Act will result in people paying higher health-insurance premiums.Kessler...
The Department of Health and Human Services put out a press release this week forecasting that Obamacare premiums would be 16 percent less than projected. However, the projected costs were estimates that attempted to project the cost of a policy in 2016. Consumers are receiving the real costs i...
This legislation aims to reduce health insurance costs for specific businesses and consumers, partly by rolling back some consumer protections established under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. A Subtle Shift from “Repeal… Read More...
Getting CARE, not coverage, is the reason for healthcare. To make insurance more affordable The cost of insurance has doubled! What was unaffordable before is now doubly unaffordable. In 2018, the average American family of four spent $28,166 on healthcare costs, mostly for insurance ...
That case challenges the legality of subsidies given to most customers of the federal Obamacare exchange HealthCare.gov—which sells insurance plans in 37 states—to help them pay for premiums and out-of-pocket health costs. "I think the Supreme Court decision will have a major effect...if ...
The estimate of job and state product losses are based on a scenario in which Congress defunds federal subsidies that most Obamacare customers receive to help lower their monthly insurance premium costs, and also gets rid of funding to cover adults who became newly eligible for Medicaid under th...
For the 10.5 million enrollees on the Obamamcare exchanges, health insurance costs are more transparent. And more of the burden falls on the consumers. That is leaving an untold number of Americans opting to remain uninsured, rather than shell out thousands a year for premiums and deductibles....
“The president sold his health care law to Ohioans as a way to bring down costs,” he said. “Instead, many will pay nearly $200 extra every month while also paying higher taxes.” No one can yet say precisely how Obamacare will affect insurance costs, but mounting evidence suggests it...
Still, that represents a decline from 2013, when 17.1 percent of adults across the nation lacked insurance, and almost 31 percent of households going uninsured. It's not only the uninsured who will be facing higher costs. Many health-care plans are also charging more, with Investor's Business...
How ObamaCare Controls Costs The Affordable Care Act controls both consumer and industry costs. This includes cost controlling measures that affect low-income and high-income consumers, hospitals, drug makers, medical device makers, public health insurance, private health insurance, and more. The ACA...