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The risk in rushing an Illinois health exchange
The Chicago Tribune reports: "Tns of thousands of Illinois residents will sign up for coverage under Obamacare over the next few months. Many of them wouldn't be able to afford the insurance without a federal subsidy to help pay the premiums. Those subsidies, however,...
Turning 21? Here’s How To Avoid A Big Hike In Health Insurance Premiums
Kaiser Health News reports: "For young people, turning 21 is generally a reason to celebrate reaching adulthood. If they’re insured through the federal health insurance marketplace that operates in about three dozen states, however, their birthday could mean a...
House Sues Obama Over Health Care Law
Time reports: ""The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution" House Republicans sued the Obama Administration on Friday over how it has implemented the health care reform law, taking legal action after threatening to do so for months. The House sued...
Employers reducing spousal, family coverage
Benefits Pro reports: "The evidence continues to mount that mid-to-large corporations will fine-tune, but won’t abandon, employee health plans. A Towers Watson survey of 379 companies in that size range found, among other trends, that companies believe in providing...
Why Can’t Employers Pay For Employees To Go To The Exchanges?
Health Insurance Exchange reports: "On November 6, the Department of Labor issued FAQ Part 22, which directly addresses some recent efforts by employers to reimburse employees for participation in the exchange through Code Section 105, or through some type of other...
Challenge to Obamacare gets Supreme Court review
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: "The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a challenge to the subsidies that are a linchpin of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, accepting a case that suddenly puts the law under a new legal cloud. Two years after...
Another Election Loser: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports: "Now that Republicans will be taking control of the Senate, party leaders will get the chance to stage a full vote on the repeal of Obamacare, forcing either a Democratic filibuster or a presidential veto. Either way, it will be pure...
A Two-Tiered Health Care System Is Coming Faster Than You Think
Forbes reports: "Get ready for two different health care systems. In one, patients will be able to schedule a doctor’s appointment in one or two days. In the other, patients will wait weeks or even months – with access problems similar to those in Canada. Patients who...
What a GOP Senate could mean for PPACA
Benefits Pro reports: "Midterm elections will be here next week, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is still on the minds of voters and candidates. According to Kaiser Family Foundation, Democrats and Republicans are using PPACA to tell their stories...
Count Down to Open Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace
Insurance News Net reports: "The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration for Children & Families' Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Interdepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development issued the following news: The...