Healthcare deadlines are getting close as Monday is the last day to sign up for health insurance using the Affordable Care Act for continuing or beginning of coverage as of January 1. Health insurance enrollment will continue until February 15, 2015. People from Utah won’t be able to apply for health insurance in most situations after that deadline. However, there are some exceptions. People … [Read more...]
Health Insurance Enrollment in Obamacare Begins
Consumers from Connecticut that carefully consider their financial needs along with health status will gain most when they shop for insurance in the 2015 enrollment period. The period of enrollment to buy medical coverage at Access Health, Connecticut, an online market created by the Affordable Act is from November 15 to February 25. Most Americans are required by law to buy health insurance or … [Read more...]
Obamacare Here to Stay, GOP Governors Fear
Although many Republicans in Congress have been repeatedly calling “Repeal Obamacare”, GOP governors in many U.S. states have quietly come to terms with the law’s major Medicaid expansion. Sadly, even if their party would win control of Senate in November’s elections, it seems like the law is simply not going away. Ohio Gov. John Kasich told reporters in an interview on Monday that the repeal … [Read more...]
Louisiana Candidates for U.S. Senate Spar over Medicare and Obamacare
The three candidates currently in the running for Louisiana’s race for U.S. Senate entered their first debate on Tuesday night, as shots over Obamacare vs. Medicare were traded. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu faced Republican Bill Cassidy and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Rob Mannes in an interesting debate, where Landrieu repeatedly weathered jabs from both Republicans who continuously reminded … [Read more...]
Shock: Low-Income Residents Approve Medicaid Expansion, Survey Finds
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston investigated what people think about the Medicaid expansion and published the results in the journal Health Affairs. Shockingly, they discovered that low-income adults welcome the expansion, as it offers them the possibility to get medical treatment when they get ill. Under the Affordable Care Act, states can expand Medicaid … [Read more...]
2014 Has Been a Healthy Year for ‘Obamacare”
It's been a year since The Affordable Care Act was passed, but there was not much of a celebration. It was not only Democratic politicians that chose to ignore its anniversary, but also Republican counterparts. Even if Karl Rove's American Crossroads group released a short video of Obama & U.S. Sen. Key Hagan quotes which say "If you like your plan, you can keep it", there was mostly silence. … [Read more...]
Obamacare Sunshine Act Accounts for $3.5 Billion Received by Doctors
Over the last five months of 2013, doctors and teaching hospitals across the nation received $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers, a partial set of data released on Tuesday shows. The release of the data represents a requirement under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which is a lesser-known part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. This data, released by the … [Read more...]
HealthCare.gov Was Hacked During the Summer
The security of HealthCare.gov has been breached by a hacker or hackers in July. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, which run the website, briefed congressional staff on the matter on Thursday. “Our review indicates that the server did not contain consumer personal information, data was not transmitted outside the agency and the website was not specifically targeted,” said Aaron … [Read more...]
U.S. Court Causes Uncertainty with Obamacare
President Barack Obama’s healthcare system seems to be failing yet again, as two judicial panels have managed to create new uncertainty connected to this already flawed system. This is connected to the already existing conflicting rulings having to do with health insurance subsidization by the federal government. These rulings have restarted debates over Obamacare as Republicans showed great … [Read more...]
Whopping 1.7 million Americans awaits clearance of their Medicaid coverage application
A whopping 1.7 million Americans are awaiting for their Medicaid coverage applications for getting processed, according to officials in 15 large states. So far, an unprecedented 6 million people have gained Medicaid coverage since September 2013, mostly as a result of the Affordable Care Act. California is the most populous state to implement Medicaid law. Interestingly, it has the largest … [Read more...]
