Below is a list of archived pages that are important to the site: ObamaCare Basics ObamaCare News: Daily ObamaCare Updates ObamaCare: Everything You Need to Know About the ACA ObamaCare What is ObamaCare? ObamaCare Facts ObamaCare Summary How Does ObamaCare Work? How Will ObamaCare Affect Me? Health Insurance Exchange ObamaCare Individual Mandate Minimum Essential…
An announcement from Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Warren Buffet this week sent healthcare stocks tumbling and set media abuzz with speculation and surprise. While that speculation ranged from “end of all healthcare woes” to “the end of all things single payer!” In truth, there is very little we do know except that it is…
Idaho plans to allow health plans that don’t comply with Obamacare’s minimum standards. Thus, in Idaho, non-marketplace plans won’t have to meet the standards set forth by the Affordable Care Act.
What is the Best Supplement for Original Medicare? If you anticipate needing a significant number of health care visits or care in a facility, you may want to think about adding a Medicare supplement and Part D drug plan to Part A and Part B. Part B has an annual deductible of $183 for 2018.…
More people than ever will be able to find a health plan for $75 or less per month after cost assistance under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare).
President Trump signed an executive order on Oct 12, 2017 to expand access to “association health plans,” to expand these across state lines, to expand short-term coverage, and to expand HRAs.
Below is a copy of the 2015 study published on HHS, “The Potential Fiscal Consequences of Not providing CSR Reimbursement.”
We explain the basics of the Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all bill, a bill to expand universal coverage to all Americans by expanding Medicare.
Given the recent uncertainty in the markets, the Trump administration is giving insurance companies three extra weeks to decide where they will offer plans and how much they will charge.
What is the 304B Drug Pricing Program? Drug manufacturers participating in Medicaid provide outpatient drugs to hospitals and other health care providers for discounted prices under 304B Pricing. We ask what the 304B drug pricing program is and whether it is effective. When was 304B Established? 304B started in 1990 as a Medicaid rebate program…
We look at the question, “can repealing the ACA or its key provisions bring down the cost of health insurance / healthcare?”
Everything You Need To Know About the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA) AKA The Latest Version of TrumpCare We explain everything you need to know about the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA); the Senate’s new healthcare bill to replace ObamaCare. Below we cover everything you need to know about the Better Care Reconciliation…
What are Drug Formularies For Medicare Plans? Medicare Prescription drug lists (formularies) are lists of covered drugs, placed into different tiers, where each tier has different costs. Each Medicare plan that provides drug coverage has its own list of covered drugs and costs that follow a set of common rules. Below we will explain more about…
Medicare and Hospital Costs: Medicare Networks, Medicare Assignment, Balance Billing, and Other Factors Related to Hospital Costs On this page, we discuss Medicare networks, Medicare assignment, balance billing, and the way hospital costs vary within a hospital (such as in the ER). Hospitals often charge more, sometimes a dozen times more, for services provided in the emergency…
Trump is reportedly considering ending ObamaCare’s CSR Subsidies for out-of-pocket costs. This would affect customers starting during open enrollment.
Rand Paul, Senate Bill 222, Long-Term Contracts, and the AHCA Rand Paul, like many Americans, doesn’t love the TrumpCare/RyanCare that came out of the house. Here is what Rand Paul thinks about healthcare reform. In Paul’s Fox News article in which he promotes his Senate Bill 222, Sen. Rand Paul: Senate has chance to fix ObamaCare…
13 Senators are now working on the American HealthCare Act (the GOP repeal and replace bill that passed the Senate); we offer opinions.
We explain the MacArthur amendment to the AHCA that allows states to waive essential health benefits, charge more for preexisting conditions, and exempts congress.
Below is an explanation of what is wrong with ObamaCare along with a large collection of centered suggestions for how to fix it.
We explore how conservatives can seek market-based universal healthcare by examining the market-based universal healthcare systems of Singapore and Switzerland.
Below is a statement from President Barack Obama On the 7th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (March 23, 2017).
This week in ObamaCare, changes were made to the American Health Care Act (which likely won’t pass the House), Obama supported the ACA on its anniversary, and the CBO revised its projections.
TrumpCare vs. ObamaCare What is Different About the American Health Care Act / Better Care Reconciliation Act (TrumpCare) and the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)? We explain the difference between ObamaCare and TrumpCare to show how TrumpCare (the American Health Care Act / Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017) and ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) are different. The goal of this…
Everything You Need to Know About the American Health Care Act Below is an unbiased list of everything you need to know about the American Health Care Act (the ObamaCare replacement plan some call TrumpCare). UPDATE 2019: This plan never passed, and thus some specifics here are of historical interest only. TIP: Everything below is subject…
The CBO scored the ObamaCare repeal and replace plan (American Health Care Act), it reduces the deficit by $337 billion over the decade and increases the uninsured by 24 million by 2026.