Obamacare

WASHINGTON — A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. More than 3 million new members joined the marketplace, also known as “Obamacare,” according to…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The national uninsurance rate for adults under age 65 with schizophrenia decreased by 50% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research published this week in JAMA Psychiatry. Also known as Obamacare, the health care reform…

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Greg Nash The Internal Revenue Service Building is seen in Washington, D.C. House Republicans kicked off the 118th session of Congress by fulfilling a campaign pledge to defund the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), seemingly in order to undermine the agency’s ability to audit the complex tax filings of millionaires and…

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. Health coverage generally does not cover dental work. But Susan Rice of Atlanta should have been the exception: She was hit by a speeding car, causing extensive damage to her own “grill.” She’s been…

Barack Obama probably has a lot of good stories about Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, who announced, in a speech on the floor of the chamber on Thursday, that she would not seek a leadership role in the next Congress. One of them, which Obama told in his…

Sunshine plans an aggressive clinic opening schedule in rural and suburban areas along with franchising. Sunshine Care Virtual Clinics and SunshineCare.Online are companies created from the result of prior ObamaCare Innovation Grant Programs designed to help create and improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare expenses. Press Release - Oct 24,…

Families who get expensive health insurance through employers could see a price break if they sign up instead for coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace this fall. The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced new rules that determine the tax breaks for certain families when they buy private health insurance…

WASHINGTON — Republicans are abandoning their long crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act, making the 2022 election the first in more than a decade that won’t be fought over whether to protect or undo President Barack Obama’s signature achievement. The diminished appetite for repeal means the law — which…

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and a Michigan senator hit the road Tuesday to promote President Biden’s efforts to bolster Obamacare and allow Medicare to negotiate down the price of some drugs, saying Democrats are on the cusp of major health care wins in a midterm year. Mr.…