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Category Archives: Heathcare Reform
October 2013 Is Here & the ACA Marketplace Is Open
On 10/01/2013 the Markeplace (or Exchange as it was named in the original law – The PPACA or ACA for short) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act = PPACA The Marketplace’s have opened up for business so people can start to shop and purchase health insurance that is compliant with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
Employer’s Notice On ACA Marketplace
Employers have been asked by the DOL to provide a notice to all employees about health insurance. The DOL released this information in May 2013. That is to say if your company offers a group health insurance plan you should send out one type notice. If you do NOT offer health insurance you should send […]
What the New ACA Will Cost Us
Affordable Care Act Costs As Of September, 2013 So what will we have to pay for health insurance when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) goes in effect on January 01, 2014? On the radio today (09/05) here is a short story on this. I also like the radio business program Marketplace (on at 6:30 pm […]
Health Insurance Exchange Plans
The ACA (Affordable Care Act) or the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also know as Health Care Reform (HCR) has outlined and mandated that there will Health Insurance Exchanges or Health Insurance Marketplaces. There will be both Public and Private Exchange Health Insurance plans. There will continue to be Individual and Group plans sold […]
U.S. Healthcare Reform Resources
The following is a list of books and other resources on the subject of health care problems we face in the United States at this point in time. I believe these problems have been building and are now big. “Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It” by Rosemary […]
Subsidized Health Insurance Coming In 2014
The subsidized health insurance plans in the ACA or PPACA law could have some unintended consequences for people who make use of the premium subsidy. A subsidy will be available for plans purchased through the government exchange for coverage starting in January 2014. I read a story in my local Sunday Houston Chronicle newspaper. It was published as an AP piece in section […]
ACA Information for Employers 2013
Heath Care Reform or as I call it ACA (Affordable Care Act) will continue to dribble out information for all Americans. I will do my best to keep up as I can and publish information, updates, and links on this website. I have labeled posts on this subject “Healthcare Reform.” The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
Health Insurance Exchange
With the re-election of President Obama, the ACA (Affordable Care Act) and HCR (Health Care Reform) should keeping moving forward with what we know of the law. Not until the year, 2014 will the most changes go into effect. The largest of these in my opinion is the Health Insurance Exchange, for individuals and small […]
The ACA Upheld by the Supreme Court Now What?
OK, the Supreme Court ruling is in, Thursday 06/28/2012. What does this mean for the public? The following is a Q & A on some questions on this topic at the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal has a story on Health Care spending by the Economist David Wessel. Also, see this story from […]
Health Care Reform Status February 2011
I often get asked “what is the status of the Health Care Reform law”? This topic is known by several different names as I have listed below: Health Care Reform (HCR) – Affordable Health Care (AHC) – Affordable Care Act (ACA) Affordable Health Care for America Act (AHCAA) (H. R. 3962) (the House bill) […]
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