Just as it did almost eight years ago, the Supreme Court will once again weigh in on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. The justices announced today that they had granted two petitions involving the ACA – one by California and a group of states, the other by Texas and a different […]
High Court Refuses to Fast-Track Obamacare Appeal…
Declining to take up the dispute before Election Day, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the House of Representatives and a coalition of mostly Democrat-led states to expedite review of Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. The high court’s one-sentence order hands the Trump administration and 18 Republican-led states […]
Government Report Reveals CBO Was Scandalously Off in Obamacare Estimates…
A new report from government actuaries has revealed that the Congressional Budget Office was scandalously off in its estimates of the impact of Obamacare’s individual mandate, a miscalculation that has had significant ramifications for healthcare and tax policy over the past decade. CBO estimates about the importance of an individual mandate to a national healthcare […]
STUDY: Medical Bankruptcies at Every Income Level…
For many Americans, making their health a priority comes at a terrible cost. According to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health, medical expenses are the cause of two-thirds of bankruptcy filings. It’s not just those with low incomes; medical expenses can hurt families at all income levels. The study, led […]
STUDY: Two-Thirds of Filers Cite Illness & Medical Bills as Contributors to Financial Ruin…
IRS Overpaid Nearly $3.5B in Obamacare Tax Credits in 2017, Can’t Recoup Money…
The IRS overpaid nearly $3.5 billion in Obamacare tax credits last year that it cannot recoup because of constraints built into the program, frustrating Republicans who have failed to repeal the health care law but say that money could have been spent on programs for veterans or infrastructure. A Treasury watchdog said the government paid […]
First McCain, Then Cruz and Now Collins and Paul Will Vote No to ObamaCare Repeal/Replace…
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Monday she will oppose Republican legislation to overhaul Obamacare, leaving the bill short of the votes needed for passage ahead of a vote expected this week. Collins had been a likely “no” on the bill, as she said this past weekend on “Face the Nation” that she was concerned about […]
Quelle Surprise! Study Confirms that ACA Narrow Networks Exclude Top Cancer Doctors…
Lambert and once in a great while yours truly have written about one of the nasty-by-design ways insurers game Obamacare: via so-called narrow networks. Bear in mind that there is no precise definition, but a “narrow network” is one that restricts access to specialists. We’ve pointed out that this feature can allow insurers to engage […]
Analysis: Senate GOP Bill Rolling Back Obamacare Would Leave Millions More Uninsured…
The healthcare bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled last week would increase the number of people in the U.S. without health coverage by 22 million and push up medical costs for millions of other poor and sick Americans, according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The report, which follows a similar assessment […]
Paul, Cruz, Johnson and Lee ‘Not Ready to Vote’ for Senate Healthcare Bill…
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