Making the Complex Simple in 10 Easy Pieces This is our ObamaCare top 10 list of the most important things to know about ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act). The law can be overwhelming, but understanding these ten “ObamaCare Facts” will be enough to help you get covered, find out if you qualify for cost assistance,… Read More
How ObamaCare Taxes Affect You: New Taxes, Hikes, Breaks, Credits, and Other Changes Here’s a full list of ObamaCare Taxes. The 21 new ObamaCare tax hikes and breaks impact us all, but which ObamaCare taxes will you actually pay? Find out how the tax-related provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) will affect you, your… Read More
How to Sign up for Health Insurance Under the Affordable Care Act To sign up for ObamaCare, go to HealthCare.Gov or find your state’s health insurance marketplace, create an account, then enroll in a plan. Sign up for ObamaCare during open enrollment. Directions for signing up, details on cost assistance, fees, enrollment periods, and information… Read More
The Pros and Cons of ObamaCare What are the pros and cons of ObamaCare? The ObamaCare pros and cons mirror the complex nature of the new health care law. Pros: ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act or ACA) contains many benefits, especially for low and middle-income families and small businesses. This includes tax credits for health insurance… Read More
No Cost-Sharing on Essential Preventive Care Thanks to the Affordable Care Act ObamaCare includes preventive care at no out-of-pocket cost on most health plans. ObamaCare’s free preventive services help to put the focus on wellness, early detection, and prevention, instead of treatments and cures. FACT: At least 15 free preventive services and one wellness visit… Read More
When is Open Enrollment for ObamaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, and Other Insurance Types? Open enrollment is the annual period in which shoppers can enroll, switch plans, and get subsidies on health plans under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). In general, open enrollment starts each year on November 1st and ends on January 15th. However, open enrollment may be extended… 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
The ObamaCare Mandate Exemption and How You Can Qualify for an Exemption from the Tax “Penalty.” From 2014 – 2018, who chose not to purchase insurance had pay a tax “penalty” unless they qualified for an exemption. Exemptions from ObamaCare’s tax “penalty” mandate are available to a number of Americans. We will cover all of… Read More
ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate: What is the Tax Penalty for Not Having Health Insurance? ObamaCare’s individual mandate had required most Americans obtain and maintain health insurance, or an exemption, each month or pay a tax penalty. However, the fee has been reduced to $0 on a federal level starting in 2019. That said, some states have… Read More
What is the ObamaCare Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace? The Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace is an online marketplace for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The Federal marketplace is HealthCare.Gov. Some states operate their own exchanges (you can find out if your state uses its own marketplace or the federal marketplace by going to HealthCare.Gov)…. 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
The Employer Mandate / Employer Penalty The ObamaCare Employer Mandate / Employer Penalty, originally set to begin in 2014, was delayed until 2015 / 2016. ObamaCare’s “employer mandate” is a requirement that all businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTE) provide health insurance to at least 95% of their full-time employees and dependents up… Read More
What 2013 Means for ObamaCare and Health Care Reform What’s new for ObamaCare in 2013? ObamaCare 2013 means many new provisions, changes to Medicaid and the opening of the ObamaCare insurance exchanges on Oct 1st 2013. As well as the new benefits there are also so some things to watch out for as ObamaCare continues… Read More
What Happens if I Missed the Deadline for ObamaCare? If you miss the annual deadline for ObamaCare Open Enrollment, you might miss your opportunity for cost-assisted coverage. However, you may still have options for obtaining health insurance. Open enrollment for private individual and family health plans is limited each year. For example, most states have… Read More
IRS ObamaCare Statement on Cheapest Plan Explained IRS ObamaCare Cheapest Plan; IRS Estimates the Average Family Will Pay no Less than $20,000 for the cheapest plan under ObamaCare. That statement couldn’t be more misleading. Another example of the Media misquoting information. Please read the updates section to get the full story on the IRS: ObamaCare… Read More
How ObamaCare Works For You, Your Family, and Your Business We cover everything you need to know about how ObamaCare works for you, your family, and your business. Below you’ll find overviews of what ObamaCare does, how to use the Health Insurance Marketplace for low-cost coverage, deadlines for getting coverage, and a breakdown of some key… Read More
You Can’t Be Denied Coverage For Any Reason ObamaCare makes health insurance guaranteed issue meaning you can’t be denied health status, age, gender, or other factors. Just because insurance is guaranteed issue doesn’t mean you can’t be charged more for certain factors, although the ACA limits this as well. Below we will list the factors… Read More
The Affordable Care Act and Annual and Lifetime Dollar Limits The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) stops insurers from setting yearly or lifetime dollar limits on essential benefits. Since 2014 health insurance companies have had to follow new rules on what benefits can be subject to dollar limits and what dollar limits can be set. Let’s… Read More
Affordable Care Act Dental Coverage Dental insurance, for the most part, isn’t covered under ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act). However, children’s dental coverage is a required benefit included on all ACA compliant plans, and cost assistance can be applied to any Marketplace plan that includes dental. Although dental isn’t a required benefit of the Affordable Care… Read More
What Does ObamaCare Cost? Below we look at what ObamaCare costs individuals and families, what ObamaCare costs taxpayers, and what ObamaCare costs in terms of government spending. FACT: The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) lowers costs based on income. Plans costs less than $100 a month for the majority of Americans who qualify for assistance each… Read More
New Benefits, Rights, and Protections in the Affordable Care Act ObamaCare offers many new benefits, rights, and protections. Most of the benefits of ObamaCare are already here, more benefits are coming. A Summary of ObamaCare’s Benefits, Rights, and Protections Benefits, rights, and protections of the Affordable Care Act (also called the ACA or Obamacare), include:… Read More
Our ‘Affordable Care Act’ Summary breaks down ObamaCare section by section. The ‘Affordable Care Act’ summary will give the most factual representation of the law by summarizing each of the Act’s 10 titles. Every title and every section of the ‘Affordable Care Act’ is packed with details (even the condensed version of the law is… Read More
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; The Affordable Care Act, or ACA for short, was signed into law on March 23, 2010 to reform health care in America. The new health care law includes reforms to the affordability, quality, and availability of health… Read More
Published: June 30, 2012 Last Updated: April 5, 2024 ObamaCareFacts.com – Providing Facts on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Since 2012 ObamaCare Facts is an independent website. Get the facts on healthcare and health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare). At ObamaCareFacts.com, we aim to present fact-based information on the Affordable… Read More
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.