Profit creates competition on a good day, on a bad day a 32 year old ex hedge fund guy under investigation hikes an AIDS drug from $13.50 to $750 to profit off the sick and taxpayers. This event raises the question: How do we avoid price-gouging on taxpayer subsidized items and how much profit and regulation belongs in drugs and treatments that treat chronic illness?
The new 2016 house GOP budget includes a full repeal of ObamaCare, this mirrors the 2013 budget that shutdown the government cost tax payers billions.
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.
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.
My husband and I are both disabled. He is on Medicare and has a supplemental drug plan. I on the other hand do not have Medicare yet. I have several medical issues and struggled before ObamaCare to find an insurance that would even insure me. I found one, but it didn’t cover much at all… Read More
A new 2015 CDC study shows the uninsured rate below 10% at 9.2% for the first 3 months of 2015.
Section 9010 of the Affordable Care Act includes a tax on America’s largest insurers, the one’s who profit the most off of ObamaCare.
I was optimistic about health care reform and voted for Obama both times! However, I’m more disgusted everyday. I should have known that seeing what a debacle Medicare part D is that ACA wouldn’t help either. I am a physician in internal medicine in Peoria IL. Luckily my practice has lower than average medicare participants… Read More
If an employee works at least an average of 30 hours a week, or 130 hours a month, they are considered full-time and large employers must offer health insurance to them under the law.
A new proposal by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare would pay doctors to consult with Medicare beneficiaries on end-of-life treatments, giving the patient their own decision on the type of care they wish to pursue.
What is Advanced Care Planning? Advanced Care Planning (ACP) is planning of end-of-life treatments with the assistance of doctors in order to give patients control. Advanced Care Planning and the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) As of July 2015 doctors aren’t paid to provide end of life counseling to Medicare and Medicaid patients, nor is their… Read More
On this page we walk you through steps to canceling an ObamaCare plan (a plan purchased on the Health Insurance Marketplace) and canceling Medicaid and CHIP. We also go over some important advice to consider before you cancel. Read the advice below or simply go to HealthCare.Gov to begin the cancellation process. You can cancel by… Read More
Just days after the Supreme Court Declared subsidies legal many major health insurance companies declared mergers. Mergers include Aetna (AET) buying Humana (HUM) for $230 a share, 23% higher then Market price the day before the announcement.
Repealing ObamaCare would increase the federal deficit by at least $137 billion over ten years and increase the number of uninsured by 19 million by 2016.
Insurers are planning rate hikes for 2016 under ObamaCare. ObamaCare being both the reason we know about it, and part of the reason it’s happening.
A 2015 RAND corporation study shows gross enrollment numbers under the ACA of 22.8 million, while Medicaid sees 12 million according to CMS.
There is no age limit for getting a Marketplace plan, but you must be over 18 to enroll in your own plan and must not have access to Medicare.
Last week a story went viral about a guy in South Carolina who didn’t get ObamaCare and ended up needing it.
I am 50 years old and have never had health insurance, I always pay out of pocket in FULL for every doctors visit, every ER visit and have always had a reserve of $25,000 dollars saved up through small monthly contributions to draw on in case of emergencies. This is how I figured all American’s… Read More
Account Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of medical providers that accept payments based on quality under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). This model is meant to be an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service (FSS) aimed at reigning in unnecessary treatments, coordinating care, promoting quality over quantity, and curbing Medicare spending. The bottom line: According… Read More
If these children are your legal dependents, you should list them as such on your marketplace application. If you were already covered by Medicaid, this should extend to your children. They also might be covered by CHIP.
The Medicare“doc fix” bill, officially called the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) passed 92-8 fixing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula.
ObamaCare covers one type of birth control per person from each of 18 FDA-approved categories at no out-of-pocket cost, although some plans have exemptions. This page will tell you what kinds of birth control are covered, which health plans have exemptions, how to get free birth control under the Affordable Care Act, and how to get help… Read More
If you are 55 or older and receive Medicaid, the state can use estate recovery and liens to recover any and all Medicaid costs, but the practice is rare. Let’s look at the facts and myths behind Medicaid estate recovery, who it applies to, and the involvement (or non-involvement of the ACA). The gist (in… Read More
Your rates didn’t go up because of legislation directly increasing premiums, some who had lower rates before saw rates go up as a response to new protections