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Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
The New York Times reports:
“We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Bannockburn, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Berwyn, Big Rock, Boulder Hill, Bucktown, buffalo grove, Bull Valley, Costs, deductibles, enroll, Government, health care costs, Medicaid, medicaid programs, ObamaCare
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Trump Is Being Vague About What He Wants to Replace Obamacare. But There Are Clues.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
According to The Motley Fool:
“Learn how this part of the Medicare program works.
 Retirees rely on Medicare to help them with their healthcare expenses, but getting a better understanding of how the program’s different components can be challenging. Medicare Part B plays a key role in the everyday aspects of healthcare, and below, you’ll learn more of the specifics of how much Part B costs and what it covers.
What Medicare Part B costs
Medicare participants pay a monthly premium to get Part B coverage, but one of the more confusing things about the program in 2016 is that different participants pay different amounts. The standard charge for most new participants this year is $121.80 per month. But because of a law that ties Medicare increases to cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security, the majority of existing participants will pay the $104.90 monthly premium they paid in 2015. (more…)
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Posted in Medicare | Comments Off on Here’s What Medicare Part B Costs and Covers in 2016
Monday, January 11th, 2016
Investors Business Daily Reports:
“Socialist Medicine: Canadians love their hockey and have historically been happy with their government-run health care system. Hockey is thriving. The country’s health care system, though, is a wreck and getting worse.
It could be said the words “Canada” and “health care” really don’t go together because some Canadians never make it to the doctor.
Too many die untreated due to extended wait times to see a doctor, and those wait times have increased again this year. They are now almost twice as long as they were in 1993, the year Hillary Clinton tried to force government health care on Americans. (more…)
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Posted in Affordable Care Act, Family Health Insurance, Health Insurance News, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on Canadian Health Care: Patients Waiting Longer Than Ever For Treatment
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Yahoo News reports:
“The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled.
By the end of 2018, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters that 50 percent of traditional Medicare’s $362 billion in annual payments would go to doctors, hospitals and other providers that participate in alternative payment models which emphasize cost containment and quality of care.
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Tags: doctors, Employers, Government, Health and Human Services, High deductible health plan, Highland Park, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Hospital, human resources, Medicaid, medicaid programs, Medicare
Posted in Medicaid | Comments Off on U.S. government unveils goal to move Medicare away from fee-for-service
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
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 theater, since there’s no real chance of undoing the law as long as President Obama remains in office. But the results of Tuesday’s election will still have a real impact on the Affordable Care Act’s provisions for state-level Medicaid expansions.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, GOP, Government, Hospital, insurance, Maple Park, Marengo, Massachusetts, Maywood, McCullen Lake, McHenery, McHenry, medicaid programs, subsidies, Supreme Court
Posted in Insurance Reform, Political | Comments Off on Another Election Loser: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Benefits Pro reports:
“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) basic preventive services package famous by putting a controversial mandate — for “free” birth control benefits — in the package.
Consumer groups say patients are having trouble using the other, less controversial benefits in the package, such as access to checkups, vaccinations and some cancer screenings.
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Tags: Health and Human Services, health plan, Maywood, McHenery, McHenry, McHenry County, medicaid programs, Medigap, Mental Health, Montgomery, Mooseheart, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Patient Protection, requirements
Posted in Requirements | Comments Off on PPACA preventive services not so free
Friday, August 1st, 2014
Chicago Health Care Daily reports:
” A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans.
In less than six months, prescriptions for Sovaldi have eclipsed all other hepatitis C pills combined, according to new data from IMS Health. The prospect of a real cure, with fewer nasty side effects, is enticing thousands of patients to get treated for the first time.
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Tags: 2015, Chicago, Cook County, Fox Valley, health insurance, Hebron, Herbron, Hoffman Estates, Holiday Hills, Medicaid, medicaid programs
Posted in Health Reform, Heath Care Costs | Comments Off on This $1,000 pill is now the hepatitis C treatment of choice
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
New Republic reports:
“Conservatives are talking about the implementation of Obamacare in the same thoughtful way they talked about its enactment—that is, as an impending apocalypse. It won’t be, as I’ve noted previously. Most Americans get insurance through employers, Medicare, and Medicaid, and that will still be the case on January 1, when Obamacare’s big provisions take effect. But the minority who buy insurance on their own or have no insurance will see tremendous changes. And you don’t have to be Rush Limbaugh to have real concerns about how those changes will play out.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, buying insurance, Cary, Chicago, Chicagoland, Fox Valley, health care law, health care system, Herbron, Highland Park, Maple Park, medicaid programs, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, Oakbrook Terrace, Oakwood Hills, premiums, small businesses, the affordable care act, young people
Posted in Health Reform | Comments Off on My Five Obamacare Anxieties: The scenarios that keep this reform advocate up at night
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
This tool illustrates health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in new health insurance exchanges (or “Marketplaces”) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning in October 2013, middle-income people under age 65, who are not eligible for coverage through their employer, Medicaid, or Medicare, can apply for tax credit subsidies available through state-based exchanges.
Additionally, states have the option to expand their Medicaid programs to cover all people making up to 138% of the federal poverty level (which is about $33,000 for a family of four). In states that opt out of expanding Medicaid, some people making below this amount will still be eligible for Medicaid, some will be eligible for subsidized coverage through Marketplaces, and others will not be eligible for subsidies.
With this calculator, you can enter different income levels, ages, and family sizes to get an estimate of your eligibility for subsidies and how much you could spend on health insurance. As premiums and eligibility requirements may vary, contact your state’s Medicaid office or exchange with enrollment questions.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Chicago, Chicagoland, Elgin, exchange, Fox Valley, health insurance, health insurance premiums, Maywood, medicaid programs, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs, presidential campaign trail
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Subsidy Calculator
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Bloomberg reports:
“The $1.3 trillion U.S. health-care system overhaul is getting more expensive and will initially accomplish less than intended.
Costs for a network of health-insurance exchanges, a core part of the Affordable Care Act, have swelled to $4.4 billion for fiscal 2012 and 2013 combined, and will reach $5.7 billion in 2014, according to the budget President Barack Obama yesterday sent to Congress. That spending would be more than double initial projections, even though less than half the 50 U.S. states are participating.
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, Algonquin, buffalo grove, Chicago, Chicagoland, Downers Grove, East Dundee, Elgin, Fox Valley, Hospital, Lincolnwood, medicaid programs, Medicare, North West Suburbs, Northern Illinois, Northwest Suburbs
Posted in Insurance Reform | Comments Off on Obama Trims Details on Health Law as Exchange Cost Rises
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