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…
Affordable Care Act Touted by Kentucky Governor Ahead of Grimes and McConnell Faceoff
In a letter dated October 28 and sent to all Kynect enrollees in Kentucky, Democratic Governor Steve Beshear got a message to voters in the Bluegrass State that could help Alison Lundergan Grimes in her race against Republican incumbent Mitch…
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…
Medicare Drug Premiums Set to Rise Yet Again
In a sign of what may become the new normal over the next few decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week announced that the price of Medicare premiums for prescription drugs will be rising again this…
Megyn Kelly Holds No Punches; Now No. 1 News Show
For the past 150 consecutive months, Fox News has ruled the ratings roost, being the most watched news program on cable television. For the grand majority of those years, Bill O’Reilly has led the charge for the “fair and balanced”…
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 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 Sees 6 Million Enrolled As Deadline Approaches
As the Affordable Care Act (or commonly referred to as “Obamacare”) approaches its March 31st deadline, there’s been much debate about whether Obamacare would hit its enrollment goal of 7 million. The White House announced on Thursday that there’s been…
Obama’s ‘Between Two Ferns’ Tactic Leads to Healthcare.gov Traffic Spike
Let’s just assume that President Obama had reasons to sit down with Zach Galifianakis on “Between Two Ferns” other than showing the country that he could expertly pull off a fat joke. Of course, Obama’s move to star in one…
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…
Health Insurance: Reimbursement to Cause Bailout?
Health insurance is taking a mighty turn for the worse after this ill-fated attempt at “affordable care” by the Obama administration. Things are looking very bleak indeed after Thursday’s Moody’s rating downgrade of the outlook for inurance industry from “stable”…
Percentage of Uninsured Americans is Dropping
Much debate has surrounded the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”) since the legislation’s health insurance markets went live late last year. Since that time some encouraging numbers have shown that the program is working, at least a little. In December…
Obamacare Enrollment Hit 2.2 Million in December
Despite the difficult and broken start the Healthcare.gov website got off to in October, the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare“) is now quickly becoming effective, providing millions of Americans with access to health insurance. The U.S. Department of Health and…
Uninsured Americans Still Having Negative Experiences With Healthcare Website
If it hadn’t been for the government shutdown that coincided with the launch of the Healthcare.gov website, the site’s messy rollout would have been the largest political story of 2013. Americans flooded the site in its first weeks of availability…