Tag: health care reform
Health Care Reform Facts 2012
Health care reform is on the top of people’s minds and has been for years and years. For good reason, many Americans are concerned about medical care and health care costs. While Health Care Reform is certainly moving forward, it is hard to know what is fact and what is […]
What Has Health Care Reform Done
Healthcare reform passed over two years ago and many Americans are scratching their heads trying to figure out how it has helped them. Most Americans (more than 250 million) have health insurance coverage through their employer or through Medicaid or Medicare, about 40 million or so are uninsured, and around […]
Health Care Reform Repeal Small Business 1099
While the possibility of a government shutdown grabbed most of the headlines last week, many analysts and media focused on particulars of the new House Republican budget plan unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). Reactions to the plan were widely split, but few would disagree that the plan would have […]
States Fight Back On Health Care Reform
When the nation’s governors came calling at the White House last week, President Obama greeted his guests with the offer of new flexibility toward implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The President said he is willing to give states an earlier opportunity to opt out of […]
Individual Health Insurance Reform Intense Debate
When House Republicans voted Friday to block funding for health care reform implementation (see below), it was with the knowledge that most Americans disapprove of the tactic. A new CBS News poll shows 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the defunding effort while just 35 percent support it. The poll […]
The Real Deal On Health Insurance Reform
Without being too specific, President Obama signaled a willingness to consider changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during his State of the Union speech last week. The only detail referenced, though, was the proposed elimination of a tax-reporting provision of the law that is unpopular with […]
Individual Texas Health Insurance Providers
In Texas health insurance, a recently released joint study by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Department of Insurance that examines the consequences of the state losing Medicaid funding leaves little doubt that Medicaid withdrawal would harm the state economically. It would also deprive poor, elderly and […]
Health Care Reform December Update
By an overwhelming vote of 409 to 2, the House last week approved a 12-month (all of 2011) Medicare reimbursement or “doc fix” bill (previously approved by the Senate) and shipped it off to the President for his certain signature. By this bill Congress has once again halted a physician […]
Forced Health Insurance Purchase Unconstitutional
Federal judge rules against provision requiring health insurance purchase A federal judge in Richmond, Va., ruled Monday that Congress had no authority under the Constitution to require that nearly every American obtain health insurance by the year 2014 — a crucial part of the health care package promoted by President […]
Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratio and Exchanges
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released two new sets of guidelines: the long-awaited regulations governing the Affordable Care Act provision on Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and the first of a series of guidance and rules to aid states in complying with a health care reform law […]
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