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
No More Pre-existing Conditions Since 2014 ObamaCare eliminated pre-existing conditions starting in 2014. No more pre-existing conditions means you can’t be denied coverage, charged more, or denied treatment based on health status. Considering 1 in 2 Americans has a health condition that qualifies as a pre-existing condition, the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) doing away with pre-existing… Read More
ObamaCare Ensures Women Get Equal Health Care Rights and Improved Women’s Health Services How Does ObamaCare Benefit Women? ObamaCare gives women access to guaranteed preventive women’s health services with no copayment or coinsurance even if they haven’t met their deductible. See: Preventive care benefits for women at HealthCare.gov for a list of services covered. Before the Affordable… Read More
Updates on the ObamaCare Website (HealthCare.Gov) The official ObamaCare website, that is the official health insurance marketplace website under the Affordable Care Act, is HealthCare.gov. We explain the history of HealthCare.Gov and how it works. The History of the Health Insurance Marketplace The health insurance marketplace was created by the Affordable Care Act as a… Read More
ObamaCare Subsidies – Premium and Out-of-Pocket Cost Assistance on Marketplace Plans Explained ObamaCare subsidies save you money on your premium and out-of-pocket expenses based on income. Subsidies are only available on plans sold on the Marketplace. Let’s take a look at what subsidies are, how they work, and how you can apply for free or… 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
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
We Help You Understand the Affordable Care Act Looking for ObamaCare PDFs and resources to help you further understand the Affordable Care Act? If you read through our site you’ll have a solid grasp on how ObamaCare will affect you, your family, your business and your fellow Americans. Of course we can’t cover everything, so… 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
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
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
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
The Website Glitch, IRS Glitch, Smoker Glitch, and more. ObamaCare “Glitch”; a “glitch” in the ObamaCare website, the health insurance marketplace or healthcare.gov, follows other notable ObamaCare glitches. Other glitches have included the IRS glitch and the smoker glitch. Let’s take a look at how some of ObamaCare’s glitches affect you. Listen to the President… 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
Everything You Need to Know About the Koch Brothers Get the Facts on the Koch Brothers and public programs like ObamaCare. The Koch Brothers lead the anti-ObamaCare message and champion free-market and a Conservative Libertarian ideology. The Kochs own the second largest privately owned company in the United States, Koch Industries. Koch Brother Politics Facts… Read More
Hobby Lobby and ObamaCare: The “Contraception Mandate” ObamaCare v. Hobby Lobby; Hobby Lobby risks millions in fine after refusing to comply with ObamaCare’s “contraception mandate”. On December 26th, 2013 the Oklahoma based chain was denied an emergency appeal by the Supreme Court to get an exemption from having to provide contraception coverage to it’s employees…. 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
Grandfathered Health Plans Don’t Have to Follow ObamaCare’s Rules and Regulations. Grandfathered plans are plans that were purchased before March 23, 2010. These plans have a grandfathered status and don’t have to follow ObamaCare’s rules and regulations or offer the same benefits, rights and protections as new plans. This means that on many old plans… Read More
Domino’s Pizza Founder Wins a Temporary Ruling on Contraception Coverage Published January 2, 2012 by ObamaCare Facts The Domino’s Pizza Founder Thomas Monaghan won a temporary court victory after suing the Federal Government over the ObamaCare mandate requiring most employers to provide a range of contraception and reproductive health services or risk fines. Federal Judge… 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
Everything You Need to Know About Congress and ObamaCare We cover everything you need to know about ObamaCare and Congress, including updates on votes to repeal and replace ObamaCare and the Congress exemption. First here are a few updates on changes and attempted change to the law made by Congress and other branches of government…. 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