Ted Cruz Receives Taxpayer Subsidized Health Insurance Ted Cruz became the GOP spokesperson for the 16-day Government shutdown over ObamaCare. One of his main criticisms of the law is it’s cost to taxpayers, specifically due to subsidies offered to low-to-middle income Americans and the fact that large employers will have to offer coverage to full-time… Read More
Here is a quick guide for enrolling in Healthcare.Gov coverage at the last moment.
January 31, 2016 is the last day to get health insurance for 2016 under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare).
Out-of-pocket costs, the GOP’s rejection of Medicaid, the family glitch, and premium increases. These are ObamaCare’s sticking points.
Sunmitted by family member. Employee has worked “part time” 40 hours a week for Kroger Fuel Center for more than three years. Their Full-line (grocery employees) are considered “full-time” if they work more than 20hrs a week, including their store managers. The “full-time” employees are offered the equivalent of a Silver plan on the marketplace…. Read More
Obama will veto the bill senate Republicans passed using “budget reconciliation” that repeals ObamaCare and cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
ObamaCare created “risk corridors” to spread the risk of taking on the uninsured between insurers and taxpayers. The profitable insurers pay in each year, the unprofitable one’s take money out, the government puts a little money in the pot, and everyone except the GOP is happy. Essentially risk corridors work like this: Risk corridors keep the price of… Read More
Under ObamaCare the best plan is generally a Silver plan with an HSA, for low income it’s Medicaid / CHIP, and for Seniors at least Medicare A & B. There is a bit more to it, but if we only had one sentence to convey a blanket answer that would be it. If we get one… Read More
As of January, 2016, our Healthcare provider has notified us that our rates will more than double. They increased by almost 20% from 2013 to 2014. There is no logic in not having every single American citizen pay on some level for care they receive, barring the elderly and disabled.
People of all income levels, news sources, insurers, and providers have expressed frustration over rising health premiums and deductibles going into 2016.
Hi I would like to point out a HUGE problem with the health care as it stands. My question is “what can I do about getting it changed?” I’m sure your answer will be “absolutely nothing…good luck.” but I’ll ask anyway. My husband and I are low income. when he was working for an employer… Read More
They just redefined all these 2-person businesses so they could force us to go onto the individual health insurance market to fund all the subsidies.
Cómo Registrarse para tener Seguro Médico bajo la Ley de Cuidados de la Salud Asequibles (Affordable Care Act) Para registrarse a ObamaCare encuentre el mercado de seguros de su estado, regístrese e inscríbase. Realice su registro para ObamaCare durante el registro abierto. Las instrucciones para registrarse, los detalles sobre cuotas, excepciones, periodos de registro e inscripción, e… Read More
Subsidios de ObamaCare en el Mercado de Seguros Médicos de su Estado Los subsidios de ObamaCare pueden ahorrarle dinero en sus primas y pagos adicionales. Los subsidios de ObamaCare solo están disponibles a través del Mercado de seguros, veamos que son los subsidios, cómo funcionan y cómo los puede aplicar para lograr un seguro médico… Read More
For 2016 Millions will get coverage, and cost assistance will help ease the impact of rate hikes, yet millions will be left uncovered due to the Medicaid gap.
A quick overview of everything you need to know about getting coverage, switching plans, and cost assistance during ObamaCare’s 2016 open enrollment period.
The new ObamaCare lawsuit is based on the Constitution’s Origination Clause, which requires that the House be the first to pass a bill “for raising revenue.”
As of September 2015 an estimated 17.6 million are enrolled in ObamaCare including 15.3 million in the Marketplace and Medicaid and 2.3 million young adults.
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.
If you file a tax extension with form Form 4868 the extension applies to all ACA related tax forms including Form 8962 for tax credits and Form 8965 for exemptions.
We explain Scott Walker’s plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare. We compare it to the ACA and examine what it gets right and wrong.
College students have a number of health plan options including the Marketplace, Medicaid, school health plans, catastrophic plans, and their parents plan. Below we take a look at student health options under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). FACT: A university health plan counts as Minimum Essential Coverage for ObamaCare if it’s fully insured or self insured. Aside… Read More
How to Understand Household Income, Family Size, Tax Family, and Coverage Family for ObamaCare Cost Assistance For ObamaCare, your “household” is your “tax family” (head of household, spouse, and tax dependents). Cost assistance is based on household income and size, the people who share a plan are called a “coverage family.” With this in mind, Household… Read More
How IRA’s and HSAs work with the ACA Before-tax and tax deductible contributions (like to a traditional IRA) lower MAGI and increase subsidies. After-tax contributions lower MAGI on withdrawal (like the Roth IRA). HSA’s are tax free in and tax free out, which make them especially cool. This is generally true for ObamaCare’s tax credits… Read More
Funding a 401(k) lowers MAGI, but funding a Roth IRA doesn’t due to how it’s taxed. Anything that affects MAGI can affect ObamaCare’s tax credit amounts.