ObamaCare is part spending and revenue, and part cost curbing measures to reduce growth in healthcare spending. It has a large focus on Medicare, but also drives down Medicaid and private spending too.
If you are over 65 you’ll get a Medicare plan, if you are low-income and your state expanded Medicaid you can enroll in Medicaid.
Come 2017 Arkansas plans to create a “private option” alternative to Medicaid that uses a single pool for nearly 190,000 under the 138% Poverty Level.
You only need to sign up for ObamaCare’s Health Insurance Marketplace (or another source) if you don’t have coverage through your employer or Medicare.
Medicaid can require re-enrollment to prove you are still eligible. Contact your state Medicaid department. While you won’t have to re-enroll in Medicaid during open enrollment. You can re-apply or re-enroll at any time of the year. Usually you’ll be prompted to “re-prove” your eligibility.
Anyone under 65 who is the head of the household can get an ObamaCare policy that is eligible for cost assistance.
There is no law that defines what age a doctor can take patients at. If a doctor accepts Medicare and is qualified, then they can take Medicare patients.
Section 5507 allotted a grant for home healthcare from 2010 to 2012. Also some of the Medicare cuts affect home health care.
The Marketplace allows families to get lower costs making early retirement easier. To find out if you qualify for cost assistance you’ll look at your household Modified Adjusted Gross Income of you and your dependents. You’ll then compare that amount to the Federal Poverty Level.
I am 64 and make a decent salary for a solo practice attorney. I am also very healthy. Before Obamacare, I was self insured with an HSA account and my employer put $50 every week into that account. I purchased health insurance for approximately $300 per month, and I had that tax free $50 every… Read More
My wife and I (retired, too much income for subsidies, not eligible for medicare etc) apparently qualify for exemptions because last year’s ‘grandfathered’ policy was cancelled and the cheapest bronze is in excess of 8% of our AGI/MAGI. finding someone at healthcare.gov or at the two insurance providers in our area who understood how to help… Read More
The ObamaCare alternative, a plan by Burr, Hatch, and Upton called the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act is here. Just wait until you see what is inside.
Get the facts on the ObamaCare replacement plan by Burr, Hatch, and Upton: the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act. Below we present a summary, some quick facts, a pros and cons chart, a complete section-by-section breakdown, and finally we compare the CARE Act proposal to ObamaCare. Keep in mind this is an older replacement… Read More
Everyone who is under 65 qualifies for ObamaCare based on income, period. When you leave your job or lose your coverage you’ll be eligible for a Special Enrollment Period.
All private insurance that qualifies as Major Medical coverage must offer the cost sharing and benefits of a bronze plan.
Being 65 or older you don’t qualify for Marketplace cost assistance, being a resident Alien you may not qualify for Medicare subsidies, but you can still buy Medicare.
ObamaCare sign up numbers reach 10 million after a surge in Federal Marketplace enrollments. A February 2015 HHS report shows ObamaCare is working. Enrollment numbers have surpassed 10 million between the state and federal marketplaces. It also points out some other really cool and groundbreaking facts about the uninsured rate (updated with citations on March 18 2015)…. Read More
ObamaCare’s Open enrollment ends on February 15th, are you covered? Time is running out to get coverage for 2015.
Anyone you claim as a dependent is factored into the Shared Responsibility Payment. Being disabled and having no income, he should have qualified for Medicare or Medicaid, those would have counted as Minimum Essential Coverage and allowed you to avoid the fee.
Good morning. I currently make $3250 a month NET. After withholdings like Taxes, SS, Medicare etc, I receive $2632.08. Of that amount child support is automatically taken out in the amount of $1311.54 which is 50% of my current salary. I get the burden of paying taxes on the child support. I get that. What… Read More
First my family of 4 applied for health insurance at the local health dept. I have a high deductible and still won’t see a doctor unless I am deathly ill. My mother is on social security and medicare. My is ex-husband( my son’s father) who has been in the household for 2 years has received… Read More
I am currently 42 I’m on disability and have medicare however, this does not cover vision or dental. I am on some pretty heavy drugs and some off the side effects are decaying teeth, which I have been dealing with. I also need new glasses my vision is getting worse also. I don’t understand why it’s… Read More
Bernie Sanders counters the argument that full-time employment should be defined by 40 hours, by pointing out universal healthcare may be the solution. In general everyone agrees on the idea, but they don’t agree on how. In the meantime, the workweek remains at 30 hours under the ACA. Read an overview of Bernie Sander’s Single… Read More
Get the facts on low cost health insurance, how Medicaid and Marketplace subsidies can lower your costs, and how to get affordable coverage. Getting low cost health insurance is a little more complicated than just finding the right broker, picking the lowest premium plan, or general cost sharing amounts. It’s about understanding what cost assistance you… Read More
I cannot afford health insurance. Alabama is not included in the discounted exchanges, so the premiums to get what I need are in excess of $400 a month. My husband is on disability, so has Medicare and Blue Advantage. Since he’s covered and I’m not, would his income, out of which we’re already paying premiums,… Read More