5/3/2020 4:50:00 PM
The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) is one of the primary features of the health
reform law. It establishes a minimum dollar value of medical payments
as a percentage of premium revenue with the difference going to
administrative costs and profits.
5/22/2013 3:50:00 PM
Much of the talk in the news this week regards the appalling scandal involving IRS targeting of conservative non-profit groups. So it's worth noting that ObamaCare dramatically expands the authority and the scope of the Internal Revenue Service. wo provisions in particular will require thousands of new IRS
agents, and billions in funding, to enforce: the law's individual
mandate, forcing most Americans to buy government-approved health
insurance; and its employer mandate, forcing most employers to take
money out of workers' paychecks to purchase costly health insurance on
their behalf.
5/20/2013 4:50:00 PM
Among the consequences of poor access to health care in Canada is the
reality that some Canadians will ultimately receive the care they
require outside of the country. Some of these patients will have been
sent out of the country by the public health care system due to a lack
of available resources or the fact that some procedures or equipment are
not provided in their home jurisdiction.
5/17/2013 2:45:00 PM
The Obama administration issued its long-awaited final rule on essential
health benefits that insurers must offer consumers in the individual
and small-group market beginning in 2014 under the health care reform
law, says Reuters.
5/6/2013 1:50:00 PM
Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan.
5/2/2013 10:50:00 PM
Since different provisions of ObamaCare entered the implementation phase
over the past year, 34 states have decided against implementing some of
the provisions necessary to create the law's health insurance
exchanges.
5/1/2013 9:50:00 AM
By January 1, 2014, most states will have some form of insurance
exchange as mandated by ObamaCare. The exchanges are supposed to provide
more choices and greater competition.
4/30/2013 2:30:00 PM
Republicans are building consensus around an alternative to ObamaCare that will hopefully lead to the bill's revocation.
4/29/2013 2:30:00 PM
Over the next year, different pieces of the ObamaCare health care
mandate will be implemented as the whole program is brought to fruition.
Among the many provisions that are causing controversy is the tax on
insurance plans, which could be costly for states, says The Hill.
3/28/2013 8:45:00 AM
Many provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("Obama Care") seek to expand
access to health care but are not in the best interests of the states.
Thirty-four states have already refused to create health care exchanges
and many others are currently deciding whether to expand Medicaid
coverage as envisioned by the Obama Care mandate. The Obama
administration is still trying to coerce states into implementing parts
of the expansion the Supreme Court viewed as optional. States should
collectively veto the exchanges and Medicaid expansion, which would
force Congress to reconsider or repeal the mandate, says Michael Cannon,
director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.