U.S. spending deal would raise tobacco age, deny some of Trump border wall funding

December 16, 2019 ACA, News, topNews

Congress would raise the U.S. tobacco purchasing age to 21 and permanently repeal several of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) taxes under a massive government spending bill due to be released later on Monday, congressional sources said.
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U.S. government extends deadline to sign up for Obamacare insurance plans

December 16, 2019 ACA, News, topNews

The U.S. government said on Monday the deadline for signing-up for 2020 insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been extended by three days to Dec. 18 to accommodate those who experienced issues while attempting to enroll.
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Health insurers unhappy with denied claims argue case at the Supreme Court

December 10, 2019 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Government, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, US healthcare

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Insurers take Obamacare fight to SCOTUS, demanding $12 billion from the US

December 7, 2019 ACA, Government, health insurance, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, politics

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25% of Americans are disabled. So why aren’t the Democratic candidates talking about it?

August 1, 2019 ACA, disability, Ideas, News

July 26th marked the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While normally folks would ignore this year and focus on the act’s more momentous upcoming 30th anniversary, given that we are in the midst of a presidential campaign, this anniversary deserves our...

Trump’s attack on Obamacare shows he’s not learning as president

March 27, 2019 ACA, Affordable Care Act, News, obamacare, susan-collins

Donald Trump should be celebrating, after the Department of Justice said March 24 special counsel Robert Mueller’s report found the president didn’t collude with Russia in the 2016 US election. Instead he’s trying, yet again, to destroy “Obamacare,” ...

No immediate health coverage changes from Obamacare ruling: government

December 15, 2018 ACA, News, topNews

There will be no immediate health coverage impact from a federal judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, as it is expected to be appealed through higher courts, a government official said.
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Read Nancy Pelosi’s statement on the court ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act

December 15, 2018 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health, health insurance, healthcare, law, mitch-mcconnell, News, obamacare, politics, texas

The Affordable Care Act was overturned Friday night (Dec. 14) by a federal judge in Texas, who declared it unconstitutional in light of recent changes to the US tax code.

While the decision is expected to move on to the US ...

Trump promised to protect people with pre-existing conditions. He just abandoned them in court.

June 8, 2018 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health, Justice Department, News, obamacare

The Trump administration told a federal court Thursday evening that it would no longer defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA), arguing that protections for people with pre-existing conditions are unconstitutional.

The Justice Department filed the brief supporting a lawsuit from Texas and 19 other Republican-led states. In their complaint, the states argue the courts must invalidate the entire ACA because Congress zeroed out the individual mandate, the penalty for not having insurance....

New research reveals one of the bad things about a higher minimum wage

May 29, 2018 ACA, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, News, obamacare

Ever since there have been economists, there have been debates between economists about the impact of a minimum wage (pdf). Few research topics feature so many twists and turns. Many economists once presumed that higher w...