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Some on ACA insurance plans may soon get wellness program discounts

by Erika Beras
Oct 2, 2019
More than 50 million employees in America already take part in workplace wellness programs.
Workplace wellness programs offer benefits to employees who agree to exercise or change their diets.
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Democrats launch bill to bolster ACA

by Erika Beras
Mar 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democrats' bill to bolster the Affordable Care Act aims to lower premiums.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference about healthcare legislation on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. On the day after the Trump Justice Department sided with Republican governor plaintiffs who have filed suit to strike down in its entirety the Affordable Care Act, House Democrats gathered to outline their healthcare agenda.
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Trump administration reverses course on ACA

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 26, 2019
In a filing with a federal appeals court in New Orleans Monday, the Trump administration said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. It’s asking the court to affirm a December ruling by a Texas judge, who found that the repeal of financial penalties for not having insurance rendered the whole […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) talks to reporters with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 18, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Many in the health care industry already lining up to derail 'Medicare-for-all'

by Blake Farmer
Feb 8, 2019
Patients may like the sound of "Medicare-for-all," but for many of the hospitals and doctors who would treat them, it's a nonstarter.
Patients may like the sound of "Medicare-for-all," but for many of the hospitals and doctors who would treat them, it's a nonstarter. 
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Voters in three red states approve expansion of Medicaid

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 7, 2018
Democrats won the House. Republicans secured their hold on the Senate. And there was another winner in Tuesday’s elections: Medicaid. States had the choice under the Affordable Care Act to expand it. Some did, but some conservative states chose not to. Voters in Idaho, Nebraska and Utah elected to expand Medicaid. Voters also elected Medicaid […]
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Where are Affordable Care Act premiums headed?

by Dan Gorenstein
May 4, 2018
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Republican-controlled House voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said the vote would increase the number of uninsured Americans by more than 20 million. Well, Obamacare is still standing, but as part of the tax overhaul, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans […]
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What would happen to Obamacare if people weren't required to buy health insurance?

by Dan Gorenstein
Nov 22, 2017
The individual mandate has been central to the Affordable Care Act.
Martha Lucia sits with an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors as she picks an insurance plan.
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It's deadline for health insurers. Will they stay in Obamacare exchanges in 2018?

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 27, 2017
Today is the deadline for health insurers to fully commit — are they’re going to sell policies on the federal healthcare.gov exchange in 2018 or not? A number of insurance carriers have pulled out of several markets, saying they were losing too much money. Can insurers find their financial footing amidst so much uncertainty? Click […]
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HHS documents show Obamacare marketing was working in 2016

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 20, 2017
Under the Obama administration, health officials not only invested in an ACA media blitz, but also in measuring its efficacy, according to the former chief marketing officer for the federal health insurance exchange HealthCare.gov.
An Obamacare logo is shown on a clinic in Miami, Florida on Jan. 10.
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Budget is slashed for Obamacare sign up ads

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 1, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services announced it would cut Obamacare advertising money by $90 million, a 90 percent overall cut. The money was meant to be used to encourage people to sign up for insurance coverage. To critics, this is just another sign the Trump Administration is trying to sabotage the law that […]
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