Tag : healthcare-reform

Are all those health insurance and health reform claims on the campaign trail making your head spin? Here's a clip that can clear things up!

The clip is an investigation by PBS Newshour that takes a look into someone who lost insurance and how the Affordable Care Act affected them. The video also highlights the Republican plan to counteract the rise in healthcare spending that with alternate solutions, bringing a focus on how competition can lead to healthcare innovation, and reforming Medicare with the inclusion of vouchers for seniors.

Some Highlights

The Democrats resonate with the fact that the ...

The Republican National Convention has just concluded – and many proposals on the future of America’s healthcare were outlined. Here we take a look at several key points on Governor Romney’s plans for middle-class health insurance policies.

There’s been a lot of talk about the middle class, and according to a 2009 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 11 million uninsured Americans came from the middle class, about a quarter of the nation's total uninsured. Most middle-class Americans, approximately 3 out of 4, are insured through their employers, according to the report. For those without health insurance ...

Today, Aetna announced that it would buy Coventry Health Care for $5.7billion, about $42.08 a share.

Aetna’s CEO Mark T. Bertolini said, “Integrating Coventry into Aetna will complement our strategy to expand our core insurance business, increase our presence in the fast-growing government sector and expand our relationships with providers in local geographies.”

The move is expected to align core competencies, mainly for the health insurance provider to expand government-backed healthcare programs Medicaid and Medicare.

A growing trend?

Health reform has brought a slew of changes for all health insurance providers. Most notably, with the increase in ...

What do you think about the law? If you’ve been hearing claims left and right about the law from both sides of the political spectrum, it’s time to get the facts straight.  Here’s the no-spin zone of health reform claims, according the Associated Press.

Here are some highlights:

Those under health insurance plans will keep their current plans.

President Obama says those with health insurance "will keep" their current plans. In fact, the law doesn't guarantee that; your boss can still change or eliminate your coverage.

Under the new law, 20 million Americans could lose their ...

View remarks from Obama, Romney, government officials and reporters from ABC News.

The fate of the Affordable Care Act has been decided, and this is a victory for Obama’s health care reform and a rallying cry for republicans.

The Supreme Court has upheld the majority of the Affordable Care Act, most notably the individual health insurance mandate – targeted as the key centerpiece to the entire debate.

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View live Coverage here:

“Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand” – New York Times

“Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate” – Kaiser Health News

“Supreme Court upholds key Obama Healthcare Centerpiece” – Reuters

Official Supreme Court ...

What will it be for health reform? The Supreme Court will release their historical decision very, very soon. To understand the weight of this decision, Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it rules on the Affordable Care Act. The committee's chairman, Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, and its ranking Republican, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, said the issues were as consequential as any in recent court history, and advocated for recordings in a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Americans have a great and clear interest ...

The days come closer and closer - what will the Supreme Court decide this month? What will be the reprecussion of these decisions?

Check out this great interactive Supreme Court decision map from the New York Times. Depending on each answer and scenario you input - a different outcome will be achieved. 

Here is a description of the questions in the interactive map: 

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision this month on President Obama's 2010 health care law. The court is considering a series of questions to determine whether the law, or parts of it, will survive.

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The Waiting Game

Facing uncertainty in the health insurance market, many states have stalled preparations for establishing health insurance exchanges. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a total of seventeen states have placed implementations of the online market place on hold, while thirteen more states, including the District of Columbia, have already authorized creation. As for the other twenty remaining states, legislation is pending, especially as lawmakers are unsure of any steps to take without a decision by the Supreme Court.

The health insurance exchange, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, serves as a online ...

Regardless of the decision from the Supreme Court to uphold or strike down parts of healthcare reform, in a stunning development, UnitedHealthcare - the nation’s largest health insurance provider, has announced that it will keep several popular provisions of the law.

The Popular Provisions of Healthcare Reform

Although several parts of the Affordable Care Act have proved controversial - most notably the individual health insurance mandate and the expansion of Medicaid, some of the provisions that have already been implemented since 2010 have remained popular with the public and health insurance providers, leading UnitedHealthcare to keep in place:

• Preventive Care services ...

For those who wait anxiously for the Supreme Court of the United States to finally unveil their decision on the historic Affordable Care Act, the wait may be finally over.

Speculation has so far run wild, as a decision may even be set out as early as this week.
The result will have massive implications, depending if the court upholds the entirety of the law, strikes down the whole thing, or strikes down certain parts of the law - most notably, the individual health insurance mandate, which requires individuals to buy health insurance plans or else face a fee.

In March ...