What 2013 Means for ObamaCare and Health Care Reform What’s new for ObamaCare in 2013? ObamaCare 2013 means many new provisions, changes to Medicaid and the opening of the ObamaCare insurance exchanges on Oct 1st 2013. As well as the new benefits there are also so some things to watch out for as ObamaCare continues… Read More
It’s time for an ObamaCare Fact Check. A fact is a fact, and we’re checking the ObamaCare facts to separate the media myths from the truth on healthcare reform. The best way to get the Facts on ObamaCare and Obama’s health care reform is to use the law itself, CBO reports and other official .gov… Read More
What Medicare Insurance Means for Seniors Under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) Changes to Medicare insurance under ObamaCare: For Seniors with Medicare insurance or Medicare Advantage not much will change under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Most seniors will enjoy the benefits, rights, and protections of the new health care law like expanded access to… Read More
How ObamaCare Works For You, Your Family, and Your Business We cover everything you need to know about how ObamaCare works for you, your family, and your business. Below you’ll find overviews of what ObamaCare does, how to use the Health Insurance Marketplace for low-cost coverage, deadlines for getting coverage, and a breakdown of some key… Read More
What ObamaCare Means for You, Your Family, and Your Business When hearing about the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), the first question that comes to mind is, “how will ObamaCare affect me, my family, and my business?” The answer, of course, depends on a number of factors including income and whether or not you currently have… 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
Obama’s health care reform (ObamaCare) has made Medicare Stronger and has put money back into the pockets of Seniors. Health Care reform will greatly improve coverage for Seniors. ObamaCare improves Medicare and Medicaid to help seniors get access to better health coverage and decreases their out of pocket costs. “Prior to 2011, people on Medicare… Read More
The Health Care System Cost Americans around 3 Trillion Dollars in 2014 and is Growing Every Year. Is ObamaCare Enough? Health Care Facts: health care reform is a good first step towards fixing our health care system. The health care facts show ObamaCare, while an effective program in many respects, isn’t enough to reform the 3 trillion… Read More
Why Was My Health Insurance Canceled? Let’s clear the air about ObamaCare and health insurance cancellation. Many thought they could keep their plan, but found their health insurance policy canceled as of 2014. Others were able to keep their plan past 2014, but needed to or will need transition to another plan by 2017. Let’s… Read More
A Timeline of Health Care Reforms 2010 – 2022 Here is an easy to understand Health Care Reform Timeline 2010 – 2022. The healthcare reform timeline lays out health insurance reforms and health care milestones contained within the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Find out how the new health care law affects healthcare in the United… Read More
What Are Essential Health Benefits? Ten Essential Health Benefits must be offered at no dollar limits on every health plan under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Essential Health Benefits consist of ten categories of items and services required for all individual and small group plans after 2014. Essential Health Benefits are the types of care… Read More
The Affordable Care Act and Annual and Lifetime Dollar Limits The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) stops insurers from setting yearly or lifetime dollar limits on essential benefits. Since 2014 health insurance companies have had to follow new rules on what benefits can be subject to dollar limits and what dollar limits can be set. Let’s… 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
If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep it… If you like your plan you can keep it. Under ObamaCare you can keep your health insurance until 2015, even if it doesn’t comply with the ACA. Come 2015, if your plan doesn’t have a grandfathered status and doesn’t meet the requirements of the ACA, then… Read More
Biden Ryan Debate Facts on Healthcare / Obamacare Google+ With all the debates focusing on health care and Obamacare it’s important to get the Biden Ryan debate facts on healthcare / Obamacare. Below is our non-biased breakdown of the myths and facts of of the Ryan Biden ObamaCare debate. Ryan: ObamaCare cuts $716 billion from… Read More
New Benefits, Rights, and Protections in the Affordable Care Act ObamaCare offers many new benefits, rights, and protections. Most of the benefits of ObamaCare are already here, more benefits are coming. A Summary of ObamaCare’s Benefits, Rights, and Protections Benefits, rights, and protections of the Affordable Care Act (also called the ACA or Obamacare), include:… 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
ObamaCareFacts.com – Providing Facts on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Since 2012 ObamaCare Facts is an independent website. Get the facts on healthcare and health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare). At ObamaCareFacts.com, we aim to offer fact-based information on the Affordable Care Act to help people learn about health insurance… Read More
Understanding the December 2024 Health Plan Enrollment Deadline Today is the last day to enroll for coverage that starts January 1st, 2025. The December 15, 2024, deadline for health plan enrollment is crucial for ensuring that health coverage begins on January 1, 2025. Missing this deadline means coverage will not start until February 1, 2025,… Read More
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment for 2024 is here. Running from November 1, 2023, through January 15, 2024, open enrollment allows individuals and families to either sign up for new health insurance plans or make changes to their existing ones.
Below is a list of archived pages that are important to the site: ObamaCare Basics ObamaCare News: Daily ObamaCare Updates ObamaCare: Everything You Need to Know About the ACA ObamaCare What is ObamaCare? ObamaCare Facts ObamaCare Summary How Does ObamaCare Work? How Will ObamaCare Affect Me? Health Insurance Exchange ObamaCare Individual Mandate Minimum Essential… Read More
A universal healthcare initiative to the people was filed in Washington State on January 23, 2018. If supporters are able to gather valid voter signatures by July 6th, 2018 (about 260,000) I-1600 will appear on the 2018 general election ballot in November. I-1600 Brief Summary of Parts I, II, III Part I creates a new… Read More
Understanding How Your Doctor is Paid and Why it is Important We explain different ways doctors are paid including: salary / wage, capitation, and fee-for-service payments and compare incentive and non-incentive models. TIP: Although how your doctor is paid shouldn’t affect what sort of care you get, there are cases where it can be helpful… Read More
Trump likely just made health insurance cheaper for some with his executive order on association plans and short term insurance. We look at the pros and cons.