Obamacare deadline hysteria should be setting in at your state and for good reason. The Obamacare deadline for 2016 is January 31st and many states are scrambling to get people signed up. Of course, they want everyone covered by a…
Affordable Care Act: Why Decision In Latest Challenge Will Likely Be In Favor Of The Government
The Affordable Care Act is likely here to stay, despite the hopes of many on the right. The Affordable Care Act was dealt yet another challenge recently in the case of King vs. Burwell. The case has come down to…
Obamacare In Trouble If Senate Goes Republican
Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (or ACA), has a pretty sketchy future should the elections next week yield a Republican Senate. This could make things a lot easier for opponents of the controversial Obamacare law. Minority Leader…
Health Insurance Costs Going Up In Many States
Health insurance costs are going up in many states across the nation. October is generally when open enrollment begins for many health insurance providers, and this year, it seems the choice may be a little harder to make. Many states…
Health Insurance Plans About To See Major Shift
Health insurance plans have been disappearing with the enforcement of standards set up by The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. For example, in New Mexico about 30,000 people are going to have to find new health insurance plans…
Sonia Sotomayor Rips Court a New One
The dust from the “Hobby Lobby” ruling at the Supreme Court has not even settled yet, and the next SCOTUS scandal is already hitting the ground. In the landmark case involving the Affordable Care Act, certain forms of contraception, and…
Obamacare: Messing With Your Subsidies
Obamacare has hit another snag in its wobbly existence. “If you like your plan, you can keep it” rings false again, but now the victims are not those who were already perfectly happy with what they had. Now, the victims…
Stacey Campfield Goes Godwin’s Law on Obamacare
Over the past two years, and particularly last fall, the rhetoric coming from Republican opponents of the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) has been rather heated. Opposition to the new healthcare law is one of the main issues Republicans are…
Health Insurance: Obamacare Costs Lower Than Expected
One of the largest criticisms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as “Obamacare“) is that the program is simply too expensive. Lawmakers opposed to the ACA have continually called the program an expensive waste and even shut down…
Obamacare Paradox in Kentucky Could Affect Midterms
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, common called the ACA or “Obamacare”, is the hottest political topic in years. Even now, four years after it took effect, there are still regular battles to repeal it, weaken it, defund it,…
Obamacare: The End of Insurance As We Know It?
In the early days of the Obamacare debate, before the ACA was codified and passed, there was mention of and support for things like a “public option”, and even “Medicaid for all”. These possibilities sought to remove for-profit insurance companies…
Obamacare Sees Surge In Sign-Ups On Eve Of Deadline; Republicans Question Transparency
With only a day to go before the first batch of signups closes, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—more popularly known as “Obamacare”—has yet to reach its target of 7 million registrants. President Obama’s trademark health care legislation has faced…
Obamacare Deadline March 31, Will Numbers Hit Goal?
The Obamacare enrollment deadline is quickly approaching on March 31st, and numbers are picking up the pace as expected. However, with numbers sitting just above 5 million enrolled, will the number of Americans signing up reach the projected 7 million?…
U.S. Uninsured Rate Still Falling Fast
Though Republicans in the U.S. House are still dreaming up ways to get rid of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act, ACA), they will now have to contend will millions of Americans who have health insurance as a result of the…
HealthCare.gov – More Problems Ahead?
With the shaky start-up of the new Affordable Care Act website, HealthCare.gov and many other problems this site has encountered since its inception, the Obama administration decided a different website developer/contractor was needed to get the site running properly. The…
Obamacare Website: Will It Be Ready By Saturday For A Surge In Use?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) website has been nothing but troublesome since its launch October 1st for those trying to gain access to affordable health insurance. The problems were many, from the site being completely shut down, to freezing and…
HealthCare.gov Better, But Initial Problems Persist
The Affordable Health Care Act website at HealthCare.gov has been the talk of the town, with endless chatter of frustration, anger and downright shock at the failure of an operating website for the public to take advantage of the new…
Obama Makes Announcement on ACA Fix
President Obama announced a new proposition for a fix to the issue that has lost many Americans the insurance that they were perfectly fine with, and has even his own party turning against him, according to the New York Times.…
Danica Patrick Teaming Up With Trace Adkins
Danica Patrick is teaming up with country star Trace Adkins to host the American Country Awards in December, picking up where Kristin Chenoweth left off last year. The show will be streamed live from Mandalay Bay in Vegas on December…
Obamacare: Key Provision Delayed
The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that a key component of the Affordable Care Act – commonly known as Obamacare – will be delayed a full year. The statement, issued by Mark Mazur, assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury…