Category: Health Insurance

Nun Gives Lawmakers A Lesson In Morality With ‘Ten Commandments Of Health Care’

As House Republicans gear up to repeal most of the Affordable Care Act , one fearless nun is speaking out about the moral implications of leaving millions of Americans potentially without health care. On Monday, Republican leaders unveiled legislation to repeal large portions of the Affordable Care Act and “replace” it with a health policy scheme that would offer less financial assistance to low-income people and provide tax credits to those with higher incomes.

Paul Ryan’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Really Eliminate The Individual Mandate

Perhaps the most despised element of the Affordable Care Act is known as the “individual mandate” – the requirement that anybody who can afford to purchase health insurance must do so, or pay a penalty at tax time. Some liberals deeply resent that the government is forcing them to purchase a product from a private company, while conservatives seem to consider the penalty to be an intolerable encroachment on personal freedom.

Cong. Chris Collins

… small businesses . Companies could once again through trade associations get insurance. Or negotiate with their health insurance company. To get insurance that works. Out for them without this essential benefit one side at all. The company decide …

Hans Parisis: Let’s Hope GOP Health Revamp Isn’t Fatal for Congress

House Republicans released on Monday legislation that is intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The proposed legislation changes the Affordable Care Act profoundly, especially on how health care is financed for people who do not have insurance through work, and it eliminates the mandate requiring most Americans to have health insurance.

Republicans unveil Affordable Care Act replacement bill

Republicans unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, proposing to phase out key parts of the law over several years as they try to break through a stalemate between moderates and conservatives in their party. Called the American Health Care Act, House Republicans’ proposal includes a refundable, age-based tax credit to help people buy insurance.

Highlights of House GOP health care legislation

Here are highlights of the legislation unveiled Monday by House Republicans as they move to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with a system designed along conservative lines. Primarily affected would be some 20 million people who purchase their own private health plans directly from an insurer and the more than 70 million covered by Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people.

Millions May Lose Health Coverage Under GOP Plans

Chris Jacobs, a well-known conservative health care analyst, writes in The Federalist that the original House Republican Obamacare replacement draft was estimated to cause 10 to 20 million people to lose health care insurance. Based on my conversations with multiple sources close to the effort, the Congressional Budget Office had indicated to congressional staff that the prior House framework could see at least 10 million, and potentially up to 20 million, individuals losing employer-sponsored health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act Allows Workers to Have More Freedom and Flexibility

Washington D.C. – The Affordable Care Act , commonly referred to as “Obamacare”, is on the path to be repealed, and supposedly replaced. A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research , shows that the ACA has not only increased the number of people insured, but also made it so workers have the flexibility to choose the type of job they want and still have the security of having health insurance.

Repeal and replace Obamacare? With what?

… Care Act proposal. The Affordable Care Act was a public option that applied only to the working poor unable to afford health insurance. Like Social Security, modest premiums would have been payroll deducted, and health care would have been …

California cancer rates dropped during Recesssion a ” and that may not be good news

As the country plunged into recession between 2008 and 2012, something unexpected happened: An earlier small decline in the number of new cancer cases became a much bigger one. The authors of a study published last month by the Cancer Prevention Institute of California believe they have a plausible explanation for the trend: People who lost their incomes or health insurance during that time were less likely to get routine screenings or visit the doctor.

Republicans’ health plan will keep popular parts of Obamacare, says Oregon’s Greg Walden

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Saturday revealed details of Congressional Republicans’ plan for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, and in doing so indicated that the health care law’s most popular aspects will likely be preserved. Congressional Republicans’ new health care plan includes provisions to let Americans obtain insurance regardless of having a pre-existing condition, bar lifetime caps on health care benefits and allow adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26, Walden said.

Single Payer Now Possible in California

David Lazarus: Could California have its own single-payer health insurance system providing coverage for all residents? A bill has been introduced in the state Legislature that would do just that — and its chances of success could be vastly improved by President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. Thanks, guys! First, a little history lesson.

Before speech ambush, Horizon offered Christie $135M ‘partnership’

TRENTON — In the days before Gov. Chris Christie pressured Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to share some of its “abundant surplus” to fund drug treatment programs, the state’s largest health insurance company had extended an olive branch to the governor, NJ Advance Media has learned. According to three sources with knowledge of the negotiations, Horizon’s proposed $135 million to fund drug treatment and other health programs for the poor.

We will repeal Obamacare once and for all: Mike Pence

New Delhi , Mar. 4 : U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on Friday said that the Trump administration will repeal Obamacare once and for all Speaking in Wisconsin, he said, “We will repeal Obamacare once and for all-eliminating its mandates, taxes, and intrusion into businesses and lives. We will replace Obamacare with a better law that lowers the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government.”

With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal

As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as “a fraud,” “a total disaster” and “very bad health insurance,” more Americans than not seemed to agree with him. Now that President Trump and fellow Republicans show signs of keeping their promise to dump the law, many appear to be having second thoughts.

Lives of women and babies hinge on healthcare package

The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, ensured access to healthcare for millions of women and their children, including those in need of high-risk pregnancy specialists and services. The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine recently issued a plea to Congress to make sure that any health care replacement package for the ACA includes essential health care services for pregnant women and their babies.

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In a speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, President Donald Trump outlined five principles to guide lawmakers when repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. “Tonight I am also calling on this Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare with reforms that expand choice, increase access, lower cost, and at the same time provide better health care,” the president said.

Associated Press

Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump’s main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it’s unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii.

President Trump Outlines Principles forCongress to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

In a speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, President Donald Trump outlined five principles to guide lawmakers when repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. “Tonight I am also calling on this Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare with reforms that expand choice, increase access, lower cost, and at the same time provide better health care,” the president said.

Mental health parity best first step in reform

Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo, has been the champion of mental health in Texas, and by filing HB 10 last month, he put action behind his words. If passed, HB 10 would help ease worries about the looming Affordable Care Act repeal and begin a smart strategy to fix the state’s antiquated mental healthcare system.

Democrats in speech rebuttal say Trump will ‘rip’ away care

In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, then-Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear speaks in Louisville, Ky. Beshear took a populist tenor in Democrats’ formal response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, accusing him of planning to “rip affordable health insurance” from Americans and being “Wall Street’s champion.”

Trump speech highlights divide on Obamacare replacement

President Trump highlighted a growing divide among congressional Republicans over how to repeal and replace Obamacare when he backed health insurance tax credits Tuesday night. Republican leaders said Trump’s call to replace the healthcare law partially with tax credits allowing people to buy a wider range of health plans proves that they’re making progress on repeal and replace, even though conservatives are starting to publicly oppose such credits since they would be a new federal entitlement.