California Health Insurance Exchange

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - November 15, 2018

How “Covered California”, The California Health Benefits Exchange, Works The California Health Insurance Exchange or California Health Insurance Marketplace, called “Covered California”, is an online website for health insurance. Once at the Covered California health insurance marketplace customers will fill out a form including basic information about their family and taxable income. Customers will then… Read More

ObamaCare Calculator: Subsidies, Tax Credits, Cost Assistance

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - January 28, 2025

How to Calculate Tax Credits and Subsidies for Health Insurance Sold on the Health Insurance Marketplace Our ObamaCare calculator will help you calculate tax credits and subsidies for health insurance sold on the Health Insurance Marketplace. Use this quick health insurance tax credit guide to help you understand the process. Or, just use one of… Read More

About Health Insurance

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - July 16, 2015

Everything You Need to Know About Health Insurance for 2015 and Beyond We take an in-depth look at health insurance in the US, including how it works, what key health insurance terms mean, and how ObamaCare changes things. We touch on every detail you need to know to understand the complex gateway to health care in… Read More

Health Insurance

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - January 14, 2015

Health insurance is the main focus of the Affordable Care Act. We break down everything you need to know about health insurance in this section. Understanding how ObamaCare affects the country means understanding how health insurance works in the first place. Check out the pages below for a breakdown of how the ACA changes health… Read More

Datos Sobre Obamacare: Plan de Salud ObamaCare Español

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - October 27, 2020

ObamaCare Facts 2020: Nosotros te decimos los hechos, no los puntos de discusión Plan Salud ObamaCare en Español; Les presentamos los Datos Sobre el Plan de Salud de ObamaCare en español. Nosotros te decimos los hechos, no los puntos de discusión. Conozca los hechos de ObamaCare (la Ley de Protección a Pacientes y Cuidados de… Read More

ObamaCare: Uninsured Rates

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - February 7, 2022

Let’s Take a Look at the Uninsured and How the Affordable Care Act has Changed Things The uninsured rates dropped to all times lows under the Affordable Care Act. The rate has however changed over time, for example, the rate rose under Trump (in part due to the fee for not having coverage being reduced… Read More

What is ObamaCare?

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - October 8, 2022
What is ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act)?

Understanding ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) ObamaCare is a nickname for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (sometimes called the Affordable Care Act, ACA, or PPACA for short), a health reform law signed on March 23, 2010, by President Barack Obama. ObamaCare seeks to reform health insurance and healthcare in the United… Read More

Summary of Provisions in The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - March 31, 2015

The following is a summary of every provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act HR3590. Most of what you need to know about the PPACA is contained in title I – Quality, Affordable Health Care For All Americans. Title I contains almost all of the new benefits, rights, and protections, rules for employers,… Read More

State Health Insurance Exchange: State Run Exchanges

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - September 9, 2024

Learn About Your State’s Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace ObamaCare’s state Health Insurance Exchanges are now open for business. You can find your state’s Health Insurance Marketplace and apply for health coverage today. Use the list of state-based marketplaces (also referred to as exchanges) to locate your state’s marketplace or check if your state uses the… Read More

Single Payer Health Care

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - June 29, 2017

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

Save ObamaCare | Protect ObamaCare in 2018

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - January 10, 2018

What you Can do to Save ObamaCare in 2018 It’s up to you to help save ObamaCare from losing its ability to insure over 44 million uninsured Americans. Find out how to protect ObamaCare in 2018. Join Democrats, Republicans, and the tens of millions of Americans who support health care reform in a bipartisan effort to stand… Read More

The Record Cost of Health Care

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - November 14, 2014

Price of Healthcare Reaches All-Time High! The cost of health care is going up and more and more people are unable to afford increasing insurance premiums, but there is hope. Obama’s health care plan under ObamaCare has started to curb the growth in health care costs with major reforms to the industry. If ObamaCare is… Read More

ObamaCare Pre-existing Conditions

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - September 2, 2020

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 Summary: An Overview of the Affordable Care Act

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - October 8, 2022

A Quick Summary of ObamaCare and How it Works The following ObamaCare Summary offers a quick overview of what you need to know about health care reform under the Affordable Care Act. The summary includes a breakdown of how ObamaCare works, how to get covered under the new system, how to get cost assistance, the… Read More

ObamaCare Young Adults

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - October 2, 2018

How the Affordable Care Act Affects Young Adults ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) allows young adults to stay on their parents plan until 26 and offers young people cheaper health insurance due to cost-assistance through their State’s health insurance marketplace. Young people can stay on their parents plans until 26. In many cases young people with limited… Read More

ObamaCare Website

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - March 26, 2019

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

Top 10 Things to Know About ObamaCare

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - October 8, 2022

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

ObamaCare Tax: Full List of ObamaCare Taxes

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - August 24, 2020

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

ObamaCare Subsidies

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 8, 2014
Last Updated - September 6, 2024
Obamacare Subsidies

ObamaCare Subsidies – Premium and Out-of-Pocket Cost Assistance on Marketplace Plans Explained ObamaCare subsidies help reduce the cost of your premiums and out-of-pocket expenses based on your income. These subsidies are only available on plans sold through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Let’s break down what subsidies are, how they function, and how you can apply… Read More

ObamaCare Stories: Real Life Stories on ObamaCare

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - January 28, 2019

We Asked You How You’ve Been Affected By ObamaCare, Here is What You Said Below are Real ObamaCare Stories from our readers. We asked you to share your ObamaCare stories on how health care reform has affected you. Thank you for the overwhelming amount of responses. We have done our best to answer your questions… Read More

ObamaCare and Smokers

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - July 12, 2015

ObamaCare Gives Smokers a New Incentive to Quit Get the facts on ObamaCare and smokers. From ObamaCare’s smoking cessation benefits to the amount smoking can increase premiums, ObamaCare affects smokers. Although insurers can’t charge more for health status, they can charge up to 50% more for smoking status. On the flip side of this ObamaCare… Read More

ObamaCare Small Business Facts

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - September 2, 2020

How Will ObamaCare Affect Your Small Business? Get the facts on how ObamaCare impacts small businesses. ObamaCare’s small business tax credits and expansion of health insurance help small businesses and employees, while some higher earners and larger firms face new requirements. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers incentives, such as tax breaks and tax credits via… Read More

How to Sign up For ObamaCare

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - October 31, 2023

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

ObamaCare: Pros and Cons of ObamaCare

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - October 12, 2020

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

Obamacare Preventive Care

Researched by Thomas DeMichele Published - August 7, 2014
Last Updated - September 2, 2020

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

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