Everything You Need to Know About Biden’s HealthCare Plan We explain Joe Biden’s “Protect and Build” ObamaCare plan (AKA the Biden Plan to Protect & Build the Affordable Care Act).The goal of Biden’s healthcare reform plan is to keep most key parts of ObamaCare, improve them, and add in a public option. The plan also… Read More
Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-all plan improves and expands Medicare to create a single payer universal healthcare system with no out-of-pocket costs for all Americans.
The Senate GOP introduced a bill to ensure coverage for Patients with pre-existing conditions. However, the bill doesn’t actually ensure coverage for pre-existing conditions.
We explain the gist of the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill. In short, it looks a lot like the last repeal attempt, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
An Introduction to Bernie’s Medicare-for-all Bill, a Summary, and a Link to the Full Bill We present the full text and a summary of Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for all bill (“A BILL To establish a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program”). Read the full text of Sanders’ Medicare for All Act of 2017 (S. 1804). Background: On September 13, 2017… Read More
We explain the basics of the Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all bill, a bill to expand universal coverage to all Americans by expanding Medicare.
Everything You Need To Know About the Senate’s ObamaCare Repeal and Replace Bill (the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 Explained) We explain the Senate revision of the House’s American Health Care Act (TrumpCare AKA the Senate’s ObamaCare repeal and replace plan). The bill was just released today, so we need time to do a… Read More
We explain Iowa’s stopgap measure that cuts cost assistance for the poorest, including out-of-pocket assistance, but could help stabilize their health insurance market.
Nevada’s legislature recently passed a bill that would allow everyone in Nevada to buy into Medicaid (healthcare for low-income Americans).
Trump said, “Australia… you have better health care than we do.” We compare American Healthcare to Australian healthcare to see if that is true.
House Republicans are considering high-risk pools (sick pools) as part of their ObamaCare replacement revival, we explain what “high-risk pools” mean.
We explore how conservatives can seek market-based universal healthcare by examining the market-based universal healthcare systems of Singapore and Switzerland.
The CBO scored the ObamaCare repeal and replace plan (American Health Care Act), it reduces the deficit by $337 billion over the decade and increases the uninsured by 24 million by 2026.
Don’t confuse the RyanCare that Trump generally supports called “The American Health Care Act” with “the World’s Greatest Health Care Plan” by Pete Sessions.
A Simple Version of Everything You Need To Know About the ObamaCare Repeal and Replace Plan We explain “the American Health Care Act” (The New ObamaCare Replacement Plan) in simple terms. You can see our full review here or see a simple pros and cons list here (the list below offers some opinion, like the opinion that taking away Medicaid from… Read More
ObamaCare “Repeal and Replace” is now “ObamaCare Repair”; but is this a name change, a policy change, or both? We discuss that.
We explain how a HSA-eligible public option could work in a ObamaCare/Medicare repeal and replace plan.
Understanding the GOP Pre-Existing Condition “Continuous Coverage Exclusion” Provision The Affordable Care Act eliminated preexisting conditions, but almost all GOP plans (including Tom Price’s plan) bring them back via a “Continuous Coverage Exclusion” for pre-existing conditions. TrumpCare (the American Health Care Act) and the Continuous Coverage Provision As predicted in the article below, the newest House… Read More
We explain why a nationwide non-profit public network should be included in any future healthcare reform plan that seeks to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
How to Understand Bernie Sanders’ HealthCare Reform BernieCare describes Bernie Sanders’ healthcare reform efforts. Sanders ran on single payer, but recent efforts include a public option and negotiating drug prices under the ACA. Unlike ObamaCare, which describes healthcare reform as implemented by the 2010 law the Affordable Care Act (ACA), BernieCare describes any effort for healthcare… Read More
ObamaCare Public Option Explained ObamaCare allows for a public option, a public health insurance plan that can compete with private companies and works with the ACA. This “ObamaCare public option” can work a few ways. President Obama previously expressed support for a national public option and suggested that states create state-based public options via sec. 1332 waivers, especially in regions with low competition. Initially… Read More
Health Insurance Cancellation Reform – Prohibition on Rescissions for Non-Payment in the Individual and Family Market. Below is a proposed solution to the problem of health insurance cancellations for non-payment. If your health plan has been dropped due to non-payment, please share your story here. The problem: Despite the fact that the ACA has done a lot to crack… Read More
Using a Sec. 1332. Waiver for State innovation states can create their own ACA alternative, including a state-based single payer system.
Bernie Sanders proposed a single payer Medicare for all solution for American health care (BernieCare). What does that mean?
Out-of-pocket costs, the GOP’s rejection of Medicaid, the family glitch, and premium increases. These are ObamaCare’s sticking points.