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Commentary: Obamacare Rations Care for the Sick and Overcharges the Healthy
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -See related article, March 24 -
Obamacare Fails Patients with Pre-existing Conditions, Report Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is leaving a number of people with pre-existing conditions by the wayside as insurers narrow their networks to the point of uselessness, a new report finds. -
Obamacare: 10 Years of Distress and Disappointment
Opinion -Editorial -In its first decade, ObamaCare has failed to solve many of the health care problems it was supposed to address. -
Report: Unsubsidized Individuals Are Fleeing the Obamacare Exchanges
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Obamacare exchanges are having an increasingly difficult time keeping people who must pay the full premiums out of their own pockets, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report. -
CMS Establishes Rating System for Obamacare Insurance Plans
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are rolling out a star-based rating system to help people select health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov and to improve the overall quality of coverage. -
Appeals Court Considers Obamacare Constitutionality
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is deciding the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) after hearing 90 minutes of arguments in a packed courtroom in New Orleans. -
CMS Denies Obamacare Funding for Partial Medicaid Expansion in Utah
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) turned down a first of its kind request to provide 90 percent funding for expanding Medicaid to able-bodied adults -
Federal Court Will Hear Challenge to Constitutionality of Obamacare
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court found the ACA, known as Obamacare, was constitutional under Congress’ taxing power. -
Louisiana Senate Approves Obamacare Replacement Plan
Opinion -health-care-news, News -An Obamacare replacement plan passed unanimously in the Louisiana Senate and is expected to clear the House and head to the governor’s desk. -
New Health Care Agenda for California Bolsters Obamacare, Eyes Single- Payer
Opinion -health-care-news -During his first weeks on the job, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, restated his intent to turn his state into a single-payer health care system, provide “state-based support” for illegal immigrants ages 19 to 26, expand insurance subsidies and re -
Obamacare Ruling Puts Focus on Medicare for All
Opinion -health-care-news -A federal judge ruled in favor of a state-led coalition arguing that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional following the repeal of the individual mandate. -
Twenty-State Obamacare Lawsuit Moves Forward
Opinion -health-care-news -Texas was joined by 19 other states in a so-far successful federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). -
Enrollment in Obamacare Through Federal Exchange Declines
Opinion -health-care-news -During the 2019 open-enrollment period for health insurance coverage, fewer Americans signed-up for health insurance through Obamacare exchanges than in the previous year. -
Vermont May Require Short-Term Plans to Include Obamacare Benefits
Opinion -health-care-news -The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation is considering a plan that would require Obamacare’s 10 “essential health benefits” to be provided in all short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans sold in the state. -
Midterm Elections Spell End of Obamacare Repeal and Replace Efforts
Opinion -health-care-news -In the wake of the 2018 midterm elections, the future direction of health care policy in the United States remains at the forefront of the political landscape, with Obamacare sure to remain in place for the foreseeable future. -
Republicans Call for Updated Obamacare Score
Opinion -health-care-news -Republican U.S. senators are calling for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to release its upcoming revised scoring model to be used in estimating the cost of health care legislation. -
You don’t need ObamaCare to help people with pre-existing conditions
Opinion -Editorial -Democrats want voters to think that the only way to protect patients with pre-existing conditions is by protecting ObamaCare. Fortunately, President Donald Trump has shown there are better solutions and he is putting them into action. -
U.S. House Considers Bill to Delay and Repeal Obamacare Taxes
Opinion -health-care-news -The Save American Workers Act (SAWA), which would reduce the heavy taxes levied under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Obamacare Doubled Average Individual Health Insurance Premium, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -Four years after the partial implementation of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, the average premium for individual health insurance in the United States increased 105 percent according to new research from The Heritage Foundation. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Praise Trump Administration for Increasing Obamacare Waivers
Opinion -Press Release -‘The training wheels are finally off and states can pursue the kind of systemic reforms that they need to lower the cost of health care and return real choice to consumers.’ -
Four Cities Sue Trump Admininstration Over Obamacare
Opinion -health-care-news -The cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Columbus filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a Maryland federal court, alleging the president is not faithfully executing the ACA and is unconstitutionally 'sabotaging' the law. -
New Jersey Obamacare Reforms Approved by CMS
Opinion -health-care-news -CMS approved a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver allowing New Jersey to create a reinsurance program and free the state from the requirement to consider all enrollees in the individual health insurance market to be part of a single risk pool. -
Nevada to Leave Obamacare Exchange
Opinion -health-care-news -The state of Nevada has begun the process of becoming the first state to leave the federal Obamacare exchange and set up a state-run version. -
States File New Documents in Obamacare Challenge
Opinion -health-care-news -The state challenge to Obamacare moves forward with supplemental documents filed and opening arguments set for sometime in September to decide if the law can be suspended while the legal challenge is being decided.