State Trends in the Cost of Employer Health Insurance Coverage, 2003–2013 The new January 2015 Commonwealth Fund healthcare report shows the ACA is the only thing curbing health insurance costs, which are rising faster than income. The report is long, but the point is short, employer-sponsored health Insurance costs (particularly premiums and deductibles) have been rising… Read More
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
Jonathan Gruber is “ObamaCare’s architect” and a MIT professor. He is also the guy who made two poorly worded statements about the Affordable Care Act. This isn’t the type of story we like to cover on our site, as it is full of mind-melting juicy talking points that leave one non-the-smarter. That being said, the story… Read More
How is ObamaCare Affected by the 2014 Midterms? How do the 2014 midterm elections affect ObamaCare? Victories for Republicans in the House and Senate could mean trouble for ObamaCare’s key provisions. Republicans are pretty out-spoken about their dislike of some of ObamaCare’s major provisions like the medical device tax, medicaid expansion, the individual mandate, and… Read More
Understanding ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) ObamaCare is a nickname for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (sometimes called the Affordable Care Act, ACA, or PPACA for short), a health reform law signed on March 23, 2010, by President Barack Obama. ObamaCare seeks to reform health insurance and healthcare in the United… Read More
A Summary of Supreme Court Cases Pertaining to the Affordable Care Act Supreme Court ObamaCare; ObamaCare has been taken to the Supreme Court once already for repeal. Aside from ObamaCare’s Supreme Court rulings, the Affordable Care Act has seen over 50 repeal attempts by the house and senate. IMPORTANT UPDATE: A Texas federal judge ruled the Affordable Care… Read More
What is Single Payer Health Care? Single payer health care is a health care system where a “single” fund pays for health care costs (rather than private insurers). There are many different ways single payer can work, but the general idea is 1. to create a universal healthcare system (a system that covers everyone) where, 2…. Read More
What you Can do to Save ObamaCare in 2018 It’s up to you to help save ObamaCare from losing its ability to insure over 44 million uninsured Americans. Find out how to protect ObamaCare in 2018. Join Democrats, Republicans, and the tens of millions of Americans who support health care reform in a bipartisan effort to stand… Read More
What is RomneyCare? RomneyCare is the name given to Mitt Romney’s health care insurance reform laws passed in MA in 2006. RomneyCare aimed to reform healthcare by providing all MA residents with affordable quality health insurance. It also offered additional protections to MA residents including the retention of health coverage when switching employers or when… Read More
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
The Obama Health Care Plan The Obama Health Care Plan or Obama Care Plan is a plan for health care reform in the US. This plan was presented as a new health care bill which was signed the law by President Obama in 2010. The law is officially titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010… Read More
A Quick Summary of ObamaCare and How it Works The following ObamaCare Summary offers a quick overview of what you need to know about health care reform under the Affordable Care Act. The summary includes a breakdown of how ObamaCare works, how to get covered under the new system, how to get cost assistance, the… Read More
ObamaCare Bill, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Read or download the ObamaCare bill. Get full versions of ObamaCare, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and related bills and laws. ObamaCare, AKA the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) H.R. 3590, or Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short, was signed into law on… Read More
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We Asked You How You’ve Been Affected By ObamaCare, Here is What You Said Below are Real ObamaCare Stories from our readers. We asked you to share your ObamaCare stories on how health care reform has affected you. Thank you for the overwhelming amount of responses. We have done our best to answer your questions… Read More
How Will ObamaCare Affect Your Small Business? Get the facts on how ObamaCare impacts small businesses. ObamaCare’s small business tax credits and expansion of health insurance help small businesses and employees, while some higher earners and larger firms face new requirements. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers incentives, such as tax breaks and tax credits via… Read More
Our Unbiased ObamaCare Poll Paints a Different Picture of ObamaCare’s Approval Rating Our unbiased ObamaCare poll paints a different picture of ObamaCare’s approval rating compared to other polling done on ObamaCare’s popularity. It turns out the more people know about the program, the more they like it. Let America know what you think about the… Read More
Regular Updates on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) Get news and opinions on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). We provide regular updates to keep you up-to-date on what’s happening with ObamaCare today. Due to the ever-changing nature of the new health care law, staying up to date on the latest ObamaCare news is a must…. Read More
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
Get the Facts on the Impact of ObamaCare on Medicare This page contains a summary of everything you need to know about the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and Medicare. ObamaCare’s Medicare reforms improve and expand Medicare for seniors. One way it does this is by closing the Part D Donut hole (you have paid only… Read More
How ObamaCare Affects Health Insurance Premium Rates Insurance premiums are a sore subject with many readers. However, insurance premium increases related to Obamacare are largely a response to the protections contained within the law, such as the mandate for insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions. Meanwhile, parts of the law like the rate review… Read More
Your Guide to Everything ObamaCare Confused about ObamaCare? Our Free ObamaCare Guide makes understanding the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplace simple. Understanding each of the provisions contained within the Affordable Care Act is a tall order on its own, but getting a basic understanding of the law’s key provisions is something that… Read More
ObamaCare Facts 2023 – We Tell you the Facts, Not The Talking Points We provide up-to-date facts on ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act). Get the ObamaCare facts on enrollment, assistance, benefits, plan types, and more. What is ObamaCare? The official name for “ObamaCare” is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or Affordable Care Act (ACA) for short. The… Read More
Barack Obama Health Care Bill for Health Care Reform in America The Obama Health Care Bill is Obama’s healthcare bill of reforms to the insurance industry. The Obama Health Care Reform Bill reforms the healthcare industry by expanding Medicaid and Medicare and creating an insurance exchange pool that provides affordable insurance to low-to-middle income Americans…. Read More
It’s time for an ObamaCare Fact Check. A fact is a fact, and we’re checking the ObamaCare facts to separate the media myths from the truth on healthcare reform. The best way to get the Facts on ObamaCare and Obama’s health care reform is to use the law itself, CBO reports and other official .gov… Read More