The number of Americans without health insurance climbed to 27.5 million in 2018, according to new federal data that shows the first increase since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The increase follows years of steady declines in the number of uninsured and comes amid Trump administration efforts to curtail the Obama-era health law.… Continue reading Number of Americans without Health Insurance Shows First Increase Since 2008
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Health Insurers Set to Expand Offerings Under the ACA
Insurers are expanding their Affordable Care Act plan offerings for next year, with the once-troubled business now generating profits, even as the overall individual-insurance market has shrunk. Oscar Insurance Corp. is the latest to announce its expected growth for 2020, adding six new states, including Pennsylvania and Georgia, to its current roster of nine. Insurers… Continue reading Health Insurers Set to Expand Offerings Under the ACA
Despite Calls to Start Over, US Health System Covers 90%
America’s much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn’t stopped the 2020 presidential candidates from refighting battles about how to provide coverage, from Bernie Sanders’ call for replacing private insurance with a government plan to President Donald Trump’s pledge to erase the Affordable Care Act and start over.… Continue reading Despite Calls to Start Over, US Health System Covers 90%
Bipartisan House Coalition Strikes Against Health Law’s Cadillac Tax
The House of Representatives is poised to vote to repeal the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer health insurance, removing a piece of the Affordable Care Act that never took effect. Wednesday’s scheduled vote could deliver a victory to labor unions and employers that teamed up against the tax. On the losing side: deficit hawks and… Continue reading Bipartisan House Coalition Strikes Against Health Law’s Cadillac Tax
Obamacare’s Survival May Hinge on Some Technical Legal Questions
The fate of Obamacare, the law that President Donald Trump campaigned on repealing and replacing, could hinge on several technical points of law as a federal appeals court prepares to decide whether it’s unconstitutional. And the appeal of whatever the three-judge panel rules may land the Affordable Care Act back at the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading Obamacare’s Survival May Hinge on Some Technical Legal Questions
Supreme Court to Hear Insurers’ Bid for $12B in Obamacare Money
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether insurers can seek $12 billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans. The justices will hear an appeal by a group of insurers of a lower court’s… Continue reading Supreme Court to Hear Insurers’ Bid for $12B in Obamacare Money
Your Employee Health Plan Could Soon Look Like Your 401(k)
A landmark change will soon give more American workers control over their health-care coverage, but be warned: There are pitfalls. Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, companies can provide employees with tax-free dollars to purchase an individual policy rather than offer them a traditional group-health plan. The Trump administration laid out the final rules for the so-called… Continue reading Your Employee Health Plan Could Soon Look Like Your 401(k)
A Trio of Trump Rules Will Remake U.S. Health Insurance Markets
President Donald Trump’s attempt to transform American health insurance is almost complete. Twenty months ago, frustrated after attempts to repeal Obamacare fell apart in the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump pledged to use executive power to do what Congress failed to legislate. An executive order set in motion regulations to promote “health care choice and competition across… Continue reading A Trio of Trump Rules Will Remake U.S. Health Insurance Markets
CDC: 1.1 Million More Americans Lost Health Insurance Coverage in 2018
The number of Americans without health insurance increased again in 2018, the second consecutive year that figure has risen after several years of declines under Obamacare, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey shows. About 30.4 million Americans did not have health insurance in 2018, up from 29.3 million in 2017, according to the… Continue reading CDC: 1.1 Million More Americans Lost Health Insurance Coverage in 2018
Court Blocks An ‘End-Run’ Around Health Care Law
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Trump administration rule that allows small businesses to band together and set up health insurance plans that skirt requirements of the Affordable Care Act. The rule is “clearly an end-run around the ACA,” said Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.… Continue reading Court Blocks An ‘End-Run’ Around Health Care Law