Healthcare
Senate Republicans Unveil ACA Repeal Bill
Senate Repulicans, who for seven years have promised a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, took a major step on Thursday toward that goal, unveiling a bill to make deep...
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Healthcare
G.O.P. Plans to Replace Health Care Law With “Universal Access”
House Republicans, responding to criticism that repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave millions without health insurance, said on Thursday that their goal in replacing President Obama’s health law was...
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December 16, 2016
Healthcare
Obamacare enrollment deadline looms amid questions about replacement
The new Healthcare.gov deadline for Jan. 1 coverage is now 11:59 pm PT on Dec. 19. The final deadline is Jan. 31 for 2017 coverage. Healthcare.gov handles ACA insurance sales for...
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December 16, 2016
Healthcare
Feds extend Healthcare.gov deadline to Dec. 19, citing late rush
Federal regulators Thursday night extended the midnight deadline for Affordable Care Act insurance by four days, as consumers fought to get through to call center operators and log onto Healthcare.gov to buy...
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December 16, 2016
Healthcare
Health insurers get only 1.6% of $6 billion they are owed for costly ACA customers
Hundreds of insurers selling health plans in Affordable Care Act marketplaces are being paid less than 2 percent of nearly $6 billion the government owes them for covering customers last year...
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December 16, 2016
Healthcare
2017 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles Announced
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2017 premiums for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs. Medicare...
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November 11, 2016
Healthcare
Kaiser Health News: Obamacare ‘Replacement’ Might Look Familiar
Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra report: “The Affordable Care Act transformed the medical system, expanding coverage to millions, injecting billions in tax revenue, changing insurance rules and launching ambitious experiments...
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November 11, 2016
Healthcare
Obamacare Impact on Seniors
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) makes dramatic changes in the country’s health care system, especially in Medicare, that will seriously affect American seniors. Indeed, much of the...
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February 04, 2016
Healthcare
A Limit on Consumer Costs Is Delayed in Health Care Law
The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was not supposed to exceed $6,350 for an individual and $12,700 for a family. But under a little-noticed ruling, federal officials...
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February 04, 2016
Healthcare
REFUSE TO ENROLL
Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom a nonprofit group wants to persuade Americans to stay as far from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges as possible. The “Refuse to...
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