What has Obama Accomplished?
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Back in 2012 we did a list of Obama’s Accomplishments, here in 2016 the list has grown. Here is some highlights of Obama Accomplishments so far, with citations.
How to Unite the Democratic Party
A few tips on how to unite the Democratic party, beat Donald Trump with a message of peace, love, and social justice, and create a new “New Deal” coalition.
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).
A Fix for the ACA (ObamaCare)
We explain some ideas for how to fix ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act). The goal is to seek universal coverage and fix the ACA’s sticking points.
Bernie Sanders Single Payer Overview
Bernie Sanders proposed a single payer Medicare for all solution for American health care (BernieCare). What does that mean?
ObamaCare’s Sticking Points
Out-of-pocket costs, the GOP’s rejection of Medicaid, the family glitch, and premium increases. These are ObamaCare’s sticking points.
Georgia Insurance Premiums Increases by 70% For Healthy 30 Year Old – Story
As a healthy 30 year old male with no prior history of illness beyond typical colds, the occasional flu, and a few stitches here and there, seeing my health insurance premiums go from $150 before the Affordable Health Care Act was implemented to $250/month for 2015, and now $425/month for 2016 for the Gold Plan… Read More
9.9 Million Still Enrolled and Paid Says September 2015 Report
According to CMS 9.9 million are enrolled and paid for Marketplace coverage. This is on track with the HHS estimate of 9.1 million for the end of 2015 and the CBO’s previous estimate of an average of 12 million for the year.
Is ObamaCare a Handout?
ObamaCare is a law, the law contains cost assistance based on income and tax filing status. Whether this is a handout depends upon your definition of handout.
950,000 Enrolled In 2015 Special Enrollment
According to CMS nearly 950,000 Americans selected a plan through the HealthCare.gov via Special Enrollment between February 23 and June 30, 2015. What Is Special Enrollment? A Special Enrollment Period (SEP) is a time outside of open enrollment where people can get a Marketplace plan that is eligible for cost assistance and protects them from the fee. There are a number… Read More
Uninsured Rate Below 10% Under ObamaCare
A new 2015 CDC study shows the uninsured rate below 10% at 9.2% for the first 3 months of 2015.
Section 9010 a Tax On Large Insurers
Section 9010 of the Affordable Care Act includes a tax on America’s largest insurers, the one’s who profit the most off of ObamaCare.
Is Less Than 30 Hours Part-Time Under ObamaCare?
If an employee works at least an average of 30 hours a week, or 130 hours a month, they are considered full-time and large employers must offer health insurance to them under the law.
May 2015 Studies on Enrollment Under ACA
A 2015 RAND corporation study shows gross enrollment numbers under the ACA of 22.8 million, while Medicaid sees 12 million according to CMS.
Why ObamaCare is Not Socialism
ObamaCare isn’t “socialism”. Under ObamaCare we have a regulated private health care industry that uses a mix of public and private funding..
Employer Mandate Concerning Per Diem Employees
Per Diem employees can be considered full-time employees under the ACA if the work over 30 hours on average a year. Employers can use a look-back period of up to 12 months and reasonable methods of crediting hours to determine eligibility of full-time employees for health insurance. If an employee works more than 30 hours a week on average (or 28 as a safe harbor) they must be offered coverage as long as they maintain full-time status.
How Can An Employer Provide Coverage in Multiple States?
If an employer owns a business in more than one state, or employees reside in more than one state the ACA offers a number of options.
Where Do I Send a Thank You for ObamaCare?
If you would like to thank someone for ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) you can thank Barack Obama, HHS, Kaiser, Nixon, FDR, Insurers, the Heritage Foundation, Hospitals, Corporations, America, Democracy, Gruber, Romney, Etc. Lots of ideas and lots of work went into healthcare reform.
ObamaCare Exemptions List
A list of ObamaCare’s Exemptions, including Hardship Exemptions, you can apply for in order to qualify for Special Enrollment or be exempt from the fee can be found below. This page just covers the basics, see our page on ObamaCare Exemptions for further details on exemptions and the fee (active on plans held in 2014 –… Read More
Cost Sharing Reduction Subsidies (CSR)
How Do Cost Sharing Reduction Subsidies Work? ObamaCare’s Cost Sharing Reduction Subsidies (CSR) lower out-of-pocket costs, based on income, for Silver plans bought on the Health Insurance Marketplace. Along with Premium Tax Credits, ObamaCare’s Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies lower what you pay for out-of-pocket costs like deductibles, copays, and coinsurance, making health insurance coverage more affordable and… Read More
ObamaCare Enrollment Numbers
Get the Facts on ACA Sign-Ups (Updated for 2022) The information on ObamaCare sign-ups and enrollments is here. Let’s look at the ObamaCare enrollment numbers and figure out who signed up, who enrolled, who paid, who lost coverage, who got subsidies, what type of coverage people got, and where they got it. A Summary of… Read More
Summary of Provisions in The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The following is a summary of every provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act HR3590. Most of what you need to know about the PPACA is contained in title I – Quality, Affordable Health Care For All Americans. Title I contains almost all of the new benefits, rights, and protections, rules for employers,… Read More
ObamaCare Special Enrollment Period
Qualifying for Coverage Outside of Open Enrollment A special enrollment period is a period outside of open enrollment in which you can get coverage due to qualifying life events. You may qualify for special enrollment if you have certain “qualifying life events” like a change in family status (having a baby, getting married, adoption, etc), losing… Read More
ObamaCare Repeal Attempts
ObamaCare Repeal Attempts and the Potential Impact of Repeal There have been a number of attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). There have also been some notable changes to the law. you can see a full list of repeal attempts here and a list of constitutional challenges here. In short though major repeal… Read More
ObamaCare Myths: Myths on the Affordable Care Act
Separating the ObamaCare Facts from the ObamaCare Myths We fact-check a number of myths about ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act). ObamaCare or Affordable Care Act (ACA) is riddled with myths. These range from premium increases to the idea you can get put in jail for not paying the fee. They include the idea that “ObamaCare”… Read More