Ex-CBO director Voices Opinions on ACA and HealthCare Reform
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.
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Get Your HealthCare Reform Information From the Kaiser Family Foundation
One good way to stay up-to-date on the facts surrounding healthcare reform is by frequenting the Kaiser Family Foundation website.
Healthcare Reform will effect citizens with HIV/AIDS Positively
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…
Americans Support Current Protections and Expanding HealthCare Assistance According to Poll
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 is Using CMS and HHS to Deregulate HealthCare
The Trump Administration has been making small changes to the Affordable Care Act through CMS and HHS that deregulate healthcare.
GOP Budget Includes $1.8 Trillion in HealthCare Cuts
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.
Support For Single-Payer HealthCare is Increasing
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…
The Conservative Principles and Universal Healthcare
We explore how conservatives can seek market-based universal healthcare by examining the market-based universal healthcare systems of Singapore and Switzerland.
Healthcare Providers Are Concerned About Potential ACA Repeal
Healthcare providers across the nation are unsure of whether they will be able to survive an abrupt repeal of Obamacare without a comprehensive replacement.
Hillary Clinton on Drug Reform
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 for Non-Payment
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…
Bernie, Hillary, Trump, Cruz, and HealthCare
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).
Cost Curbing is Working, HealthCare Spending Slowest Rate Since 60’s
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.
A Failed Healthcare System, We Need Single Payer – Story
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…
Healthcare Startups Boom Under ObamaCare
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 $210B Medicare Reform For Doctor Payments
Bipartisan committee leaders have proposed a $210 billion Medicare fix that would solve one of the larger Medicare problems, doctor payments.
HRAs, FSAs, and Employer Healthcare Arrangements
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…
Paul Ryan Obamacare: Paul Ryan Health Care Reform
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…
Obama Health Care Reform Helps Seniors
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…
Health Care Facts: Why We Need Health Care Reform
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…
Health Care Reform Timeline
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…
Affordable Healthcare
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…
Gallup Poll Shows America Split on ACA as a Whole
While recent polls have shown that key provisions of the ACA in aspects of healthcare reform have the favor of the majority regardless of political affiliation, an April 1st 2019 Gallup poll shows America is split on the ACA as a whole.
a Nationwide Non-Profit Public Health Network
We explain why a nationwide non-profit public network should be included in any future healthcare reform plan that seeks to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out
Remember that little kid in picture of Obama signing the PPACA? Well the ObamaCare kid isn’t a kid anymore, Marcelas Owens just came out publicly as transgender, partially in effort to spread awareness of the good healthcare reform has done, and the work that is still needed.