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Varying health subsidies worry early sign-ups
Linda Close was grateful to learn she qualified for a sizable subsidy to help pay for her health insurance under the new federal law. But in the process of signing up for a plan, Close said her...
View ArticleUnited States: U.S. Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Decisions On Whether ACA...
The Court of Appeals for D.C. and Fourth Circuit issued conflicting decisions regarding whether the ACA permits federal tax credits for health insurance purchased through federal exchanges. Reported by...
View ArticleGeorgians to get $11M in health insurance rebates due to federal rule
Georgia employers and individuals will receive $11 million in rebates this summer due to a federal rule on health insurers’ spending, reports Georgia Health News. Some 304,000 Georgians will benefit...
View ArticleUnited States: OIG Provides Testimony On Health Insurance Marketplaces - Fox...
The Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General released a transcript of testimony given to Congress on health insurance marketplaces. Reported by Mondaq 10 hours ago.
View ArticleGutting Obamacare is playing with lives
Over the past decade, an increasing percentage of Americans lost health insurance coverage because they couldn't afford it. As a family physician, I have seen the devastating effects of losing health...
View ArticleFeds cap fines for not buying health insurance: $2,448 per person, $12,240...
Federal officials have capped the amount of money scofflaws will be forced to pay if they don't buy insurance this year at... Reported by Deseret News 9 hours ago.
View ArticleRepublican rhetoric on poverty seeks to mask their troubling reality
This week on the topic of poverty, Congressman Ryan spoke. A day later he and his Republican colleagues voted. What's clear is that action speaks louder than words. And at every turn over the last...
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Smoking Gun: Obamacare Architect Admitted in 2012 Feds Couldn't Give Subsidies
A "smoking gun" has emerged in the legal and political debate over whether Congress intended health insurance subsidies to be available on the federal Obamacare exchange, even though the text of the...
View ArticleToday's Conservative Obamacare Baloney Debunked
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File In this May 12, 2009, file photo Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, participates in a Capitol Hill hearing on...
View ArticleDoctors Remove 232 Teeth From Teen's Mouth In India
Hate going to the dentist? Probably not as much as Ashik Gavai. On Monday, the 17-year-old spent seven hours in a dentist's chair in Mumbai, India, to deal with a rare, abnormal growth in his right...
View ArticleArizona insurers required to refund millions to enrollees
Health insurance carriers are being forced to reimburse Arizona policyholders more than $11 million because they are not meeting federal mandates that require them to provide value for consumers'...
View ArticleHow to Disrupt Unemployment
Vint Cerf and David Nordfors are the leaders of the i4j Innovation for Jobs Summit. Some say all jobs may be automated. Perhaps next thing consumption will be automated, too, and then we are really in...
View ArticleBaucus alumnus joins Cigna
POLITICO Influence: David Schwartz heads to the health insurance company as head of public policy. Reported by Politico 4 hours ago.
View ArticleNew Mexico to continue using federal exchange
New Mexico decided Friday to stick with a federal online system for another year to enroll individuals in health insurance plans. Reported by Miami Herald 6 hours ago.
View ArticleJuly is moving month and a second chance for health insurance
Summer is time to move for many of us — and with that come other changes as well. Reported by azcentral.com 5 hours ago.
View ArticleI'm starting to think passing zillion-page bills nobody reads is a bad idea
In response to Obamacare Architect Jonathan Gruber Once Again Ties Subsidies to State-Based Exchanges: These are terrific finds, but Gruber wasn't the only one saying this stuff, and he's not the only...
View ArticleIRS posts forms for Obamacare's employer mandate; instructions not included
Obamacare’s employer mandate may have been delayed, but it hasn’t been forgotten — at least by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has posted a draft version of the paperwork large employers will...
View ArticleHUFFPOST HILL - Congressman Seeks To Entangle America In Domestic Affairs
Congress is taking so long to respond to the needs of veterans you’d think it was the VA. Rep. Curt Clawson won this year’s “Guam Capsize Award For Excellence in American Foreign Policy” when he sought...
View ArticleBoard told premium subsidies unaffected by ruling
A state health insurance exchange official says a recent federal court ruling shouldn't prevent New Mexicans from qualifying for premium subsidies. Reported by Miami Herald 4 hours ago.
View ArticlePoliticizing Gilead's Research And Development Costs For Sovaldi Is A...
Gilead has become the whipping boy du jour for the forthcoming Obamacare-driven cost explosion in health spending. Politicians and the health-insurance industry have embarked on a high-profile campaign...
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