With uncertainty in the health insurance market, recent surveys have found that the uninsured rate is rising in the United States. In the second half of 2016, the rate of people without health insurance was 10.9 percent, but as of the third quarter of 2017, that rate...
On Wednesday, December 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report outlining effectuated enrollment for the first half of 2017, which is the number of people who not only signed up for a health plan during the 2017 enrollment period but...
Nearly 1.1 million people signed up for health insurance during week six of open enrollment using the federal exchange site at HealthCare.gov, according to data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The annual signup window for private,...
Early morning on Saturday, December 2, the Senate passed the largest tax reform bill in three decades. Known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the bill lowers the tax burden on corporations by a significant amount – down to 20 percent over the current rate of 35...
Following months of political back-and-forth over healthcare reform, Republican lawmakers in Congress have opted to try a new approach in undermining the Affordable Care Act: repealing the individual mandate via tax reform. A recent tax bill introduced earlier this...
Many Americans are confused over the current climate of the Affordable Care Act. With open enrollment underway, some people believe the law no longer exists, while others believe premiums are on the rise and they can no longer afford monthly payments for health...
Health insurance – and the state of healthcare in the U.S. – has topped news headlines for months thanks to ongoing debate in Congress over how to handle the Affordable Care Act. No new law has replaced former President Obama’s signature legislation, but confusion...
Last week, President Trump announced that he would not be continuing federal payments to insurers for cost-sharing reductions offered on the health insurance exchanges. These payments, known as cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs), have been a major source of...
Donald Trump signed an executive order drafted by his administration that could destabilize and eventually dismantle Obamacare. According to people close to the matter, the order would direct three agencies to draft new policies allowing trade associations to offer...
Despite indications that he planned to fight for his job, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned his position amid accusations of abusing taxpayer funds. An HHS probe was determining whether Price violated the law when he used charter jets at a cost of...
