Data provided through two, large government surveys, The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Kaiser Family Foundation addresses the risk factors involved in repealing and repealing ACA.Before private insurance market rules in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect...
This article explores the recently established rule on short-term limited duration plans - as proposed by HHS - which would not comply with consumer protections afforded under ACA.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a new rule, open for comment until...
Most Americans are happy with the insurance they buy on the individual market, yet those same people think the markets are collapsing before their eyes. A poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation (Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the foundation), released Tuesday, found that 61 percent of...
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – March 2018: Non-Group Enrollees Key Findings: As part of the Republican tax reform plan signed into law at the end of 2017, lawmakers eliminated the ACA’s individual mandate penalty starting in 2019. About one-fifth of non-group enrollees (19 percent) are aware...
Here's a helpful chart from the Kaiser Family Foundation to decipher the penalties employers may have for not offering ACA coverage in 2018. The Affordable Care Act does not require businesses to provide health benefits to their workers, but applicable large employers may face penalties if...
President Trump decided to take away ACA, but that didn't stop people from signing up. Read this article for the shocking numbers of enrollment. A day after President Donald Trump said the Affordable Care Act “has been repealed,” officials reported that 8.8 million Americans have signed...
From our partner, UBA Benefits, let's take a look at W-2 Reporting under the ACA (Affordable Care Act) and how to better understand it: The ACA requires employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan. Reporting the cost of health care...
From The ACA Times, let's take a look at ACA Health Coverage in 2018. It was meant to have the opposite effect. The Trump administration’s decision to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by shortening the annual open enrollment period to 45-days and cutting funding to promote...
From The ACA Times, we've pulled this article that lists out some helpful resources for small businesses. The federal government provides free online resources to help small businesses better understand the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how they might be able to offer health insurance...
The tax bill that Republican lawmakers are finalizing would have wide-reaching effects on health issues. But the GOP still has negotiating ahead to get a bill that both the House and Senate will support. That hasn't stopped some party leaders from looking forward to additional...