Mike Johnson Criticizes ACA and Promises Reforms At a recent event in Pennsylvania, House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, and pledged to implement substantial healthcare reforms in the United States if Donald Trump were to secure the presidency in the upcoming election. Republican Agenda for Healthcare Reform… Read More
Doug Elmendorf, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2009 to 2015, did an interview with Yahoo Finance where he voiced opinions on the ACA and healthcare reform.
One good way to stay up-to-date on the facts surrounding healthcare reform is by frequenting the Kaiser Family Foundation website.
The Affordable Care Act will help an estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV, greatly improving access to lifesaving care and treatment. “The HIV treatment community sees the act as a critical step in our fight against the AIDS epidemic,” said Scott Schoettes of Lambda Legal, a national gay-rights advocacy group. “People have been counting… Read More
The Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program (QBP) was born out of the Affordable Care Act and carried the expectation to revolutionize Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by reducing payments to MA organizations. However, according to the Urban Institute report, the program must still meet these expectations. The report highlights several instances where the QBP is found… Read More
A Groundbreaking Proposal The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a group that includes 175 GOP members of the U.S. House of Representatives, has recently proposed two substantial changes to Social Security and Medicare as part of their federal budget for the fiscal year 2024. These proposals represent significant shifts in the structure and delivery of these… Read More
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, most Americans want to see lower prices and the current protections and benefits of the ACA upheld or expanded. Meanwhile, about 30% are against Medicare-for-all and about 30% are for ACA repeal.
The Trump Administration has been making small changes to the Affordable Care Act through CMS and HHS that deregulate healthcare.
A GOP budget resolution that just passed the House includes $1.8 trillion in healthcare cuts and $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over a ten year period.
More than Half of Americans Support Single Payer (According to Kaiser Health Tracking Poll) A June Kaiser Health Tracking poll finds that a slim majority of the public (53%) now favors a single-payer health care. What is single payer? Single payer is a health insurance solution (not a healthcare delivery solution) where all Americans would… Read More
We explore how conservatives can seek market-based universal healthcare by examining the market-based universal healthcare systems of Singapore and Switzerland.
Healthcare providers across the nation are unsure of whether they will be able to survive an abrupt repeal of Obamacare without a comprehensive replacement.
With price gouging on drugs in the news yet again, lets look at Hillary Clinton’s take on drug reform and Big Pharma.
Health Insurance Cancellation Reform – Prohibition on Rescissions for Non-Payment in the Individual and Family Market. Below is a proposed solution to the problem of health insurance cancellations for non-payment. If your health plan has been dropped due to non-payment, please share your story here. The problem: Despite the fact that the ACA has done a lot to crack… Read More
We break down, in simple terms, what Bernie, Hillary, Trump, and Cruz mean for American healthcare. We present basic overviews of the candidate’s healthcare plans, and then provide detailed explainer videos (including some awesome vlogbrothers videos).
Healthcare spending under the ACA has grown at the slowest rate on record since the early 60’s in 2014 and 2015, hinting that ObamaCare’s cost curbing is working.
What Obamacare provides is a Health Insurance Reform. The Government throws out some arbitrary number, based on what it considers “poverty level” of Americans who qualify. That number was developed by a woman in the 1960’s who took a basket of food for a family of 4 for a week and multiplied it 4 to… Read More
According to PwC more than 90 new companies related to healthcare have been created since the ACA was signed into law. As more people get access to healthcare new companies are entering the nearly $3 trillion health care market.
Bipartisan committee leaders have proposed a $210 billion Medicare fix that would solve one of the larger Medicare problems, doctor payments.
Employers can use Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), Employer Payment Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to save money on healthcare. We take a look at healthcare arrangements to find out how they can benefits employers and employees alike. We will also look at how they affect employer and employee taxes and penalties. It’s important to understand… Read More
Paul Ryan Goes After Obamacare and Lays out the Paul Ryan Healthcare Reform Plan Paul Ryan’s ObamaCare stance is clear, Paul Ryan say’s Obama’s health care laws have no place in America. The attacks from Paul Ryan on ObamaCare have only been picking up since the Republican National Convention in Tampa Florida. During his speech… Read More
Obama’s health care reform (ObamaCare) has made Medicare Stronger and has put money back into the pockets of Seniors. Health Care reform will greatly improve coverage for Seniors. ObamaCare improves Medicare and Medicaid to help seniors get access to better health coverage and decreases their out of pocket costs. “Prior to 2011, people on Medicare… Read More
The Health Care System Cost Americans around 3 Trillion Dollars in 2014 and is Growing Every Year. Is ObamaCare Enough? Health Care Facts: health care reform is a good first step towards fixing our health care system. The health care facts show ObamaCare, while an effective program in many respects, isn’t enough to reform the 3 trillion… Read More
A Timeline of Health Care Reforms 2010 – 2022 Here is an easy to understand Health Care Reform Timeline 2010 – 2022. The healthcare reform timeline lays out health insurance reforms and health care milestones contained within the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Find out how the new health care law affects healthcare in the United… Read More
Affordable Health Care and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (not the Affordable Healthcare Act) is the US healthcare reform law. The law makes healthcare and health insurance more affordable and more available to more Americans. The Affordable Care Act, like the name suggests, seeks to make health insurance more affordable. It does… Read More