Since its inception, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been vilified by the GOP. On July 9, 2017, the Trump Administration announced a funding freeze for the risk adjustment program. This plan was designed to protect insurers from substantial losses. In 2017, the bill for this program totaled $10.4 billion. “The health plans pay into a […]
Obamacare, or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as it is legally known, has been dealt a setback by the federal courts on May 12, 2016. The decision by Judge Rosemary Collyer, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, determined that only Congress has the right to allocate the public money […]
Pumpkin time is also premium-shock time for many as open enrollment for health plans begins at most employers, large and small, and for people who purchased policies on their own or via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. Companies set their own enrollment dates; ACA plan and individual enrollment begins Nov. 1; and Medicare enrollment […]