The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a social media campaign aimed at boosting Black American enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans this week. Increasing participation in Medicaid is going to be a heavy lift following the harmful policies of the Trump administration and the American Medical...National News
The Biden administration has been clear since the 2020 presidential campaign that it intends to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. This week, the ACA is under threat by a new type of insurance plan, ACA navigators are getting a much needed boost and Congressional Democrats voice their concerns.
The U.S. Labor Department is appealing...
Throughout the 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to improve maternal healthcare, especially for women of color, nationwide. While disparities in healthcare between race and gender groups are receiving renewed scrutiny, the Biden-Harris administration is also moving to make sexual and...
Millions of Americans will temporarily have access to health insurance coverage at a lower cost due to the first wide-ranging expansion of the Affordable Care Act. The subsidies for health insurance are part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that was signed into law by President Joe Biden on...National News
Unsurprisingly, the Affordable Care Act has received a lot of attention and support since President Joe Biden took office. The Act got a boost for its special enrollment period from the American Rescue Plan, despite a hefty price tag. And the Biden administration appointed a friend to the ACA in Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier...Government
The American Rescue Plan is set to reduce health care costs, expand access to insurance coverage and address health care disparities. The Biden-Harris Administration is working to ensure that nearly everyone who buys their own individual or family health insurance through a Marketplace can receive a tax credit to reduce their premiums....
As Arizona reached over 16,000 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the state lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted to let businesses ignore local mask requirements and Governor Ducey issued an executive order on school openings. As testing continues in the state, high COVID-19 transmission rates continue in Coconino, Yavapai and Pinal...
This week, Congress moved forward on a COVID-19 relief bill that would strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Studies show that Americans are generally confused by health insurance, especially when they don't have plans of their own and undoing Trump era rules that sought to undermine the ACA is turning out to be quite a...National News
President Joe Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took action this week to begin work on expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and undo many of the rules put in place by the Trump administration which erode protections within the ACA. These actions include the announcement of a special enrollment period for...National News
A recently study shows that the Affordable Care Act reduced income inequality by 10% in the United States ahead of the potential for a Supreme Court opinion that could overturn the entire law. The incoming administration under President-elect Joe Biden has articulated every intention of strengthening and building on the ACA, but how much...National News
The Trump administration is still full-steam ahead on its end-of-term plans for health care policy. On December 31, President Trump extended pandemic-related ban on green cards and work visas to any applicants through March 31 and a federal appeals court upheld the rule that dictates any incoming immigrants must prove that they have...Data Resources
In a new analysis, the Urban Institute found that coupling a Medicare buy-in with enhanced ACA tax credits would lead to the largest coverage gains.
Without the enhanced credits, a buy-in would not dramatically expand coverage or reduce costs, although it would help some people and could lower overall spending since payment rates...News
Lowering the age of Medicare eligibility would allow 1.5 million to 2.5 million more people to be insured, but a buy-in program would raise premiums and out-of-pocket costs for younger members of these plans since some over-50 members would no longer be contributing to that insurance pool.
President-elect Joe Biden has suggested...CMS Rules
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a propose rule for 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters. The proposed rule would lower the user fee or Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurers to 2.25% of the premium for the coverage year 2022 and also would enable states to partner directly with the private...Arizona News
At the start of the pandemic, 160 million people in America had insurance through their employers. The pandemic’s disruption to the economy resulted in a loss of coverage for an estimated 14.6 million workers and their dependents by June of this year.
Millions who still have employer benefits have lost wages and income, making...Arizona News
COVID-19 positivity rates are climbing nationwide and Arizona joined them this week with the worst recorded numbers in the state since the spike in June. Hospitals, schools and Governor Doug Ducey are all unified in stressing the importance of safety precautions at this time. A study shows that deaths from the virus are nearly double for...National News
Major actors across the healthcare industry are anticipating changes in store for the future Biden-Harris administration as the president-elect signals a path towards stability after four years of erratic policy and attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
However, without a Senate majority, the president-elect will have some...National News
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death comes just weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear another case to decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act, casting doubt on its future.
A little over a week after Ginsburg's death, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement. It didn't take long before the...National News
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last Friday at the age of 87 from complications with pancreatic cancer. The death of the liberal judge raises questions not only about the future of the high court's political makeup, but also the future of the Affordable Care Act.
Justice Ginsburg was expected to cast a...Health Related Groups
According to an undercover audit completed by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, some health insurance brokers provided misleading or false information to potential customers about whether their plans covered preexisting conditions.
The audit was requested by Senate Democrats with the intention of determining whether...
