More than 500,000 people have signed up for Obamacare coverage during Biden’s special enrollment period

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 News

More than 528,000 Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage on the federal exchange in the first six weeks of the special enrollment period President Joe Biden opened for the uninsured.

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Fauci hits back at rightwing criticism and says attacks on him ‘bizarre’

April 5, 2021 News, US news, US politics, World news

Scientist forced to defend himself from attacks by Trump allies and says ‘I can’t be bothered with getting distracted’
Anthony Fauci has described attacks on him from Republicans as “bizarre”, after a barrage of criticism from senior GOP figures.
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New stimulus Obamacare subsidies start April 1

March 31, 2021 News

Extra premium subsidies approved as part of the recent stimulus bill will be available on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange starting on Thursday.
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Wrong tax information sent to nearly a million health care users

March 31, 2021 News

The government says some of the tax information sent to Americans enrolled in Obamacare is wrong, telling taxpayers to hold off filing their 2014 returns. Julianna Goldman reports from Washington.

Narrow networks in Obamacare cause outrage

March 28, 2021 News

Americans have until Monday to enroll or re-enroll in Obamacare for coverage starting January 1. But many insurance companies offering policies through the healthcare law are quietly offering "narrow networks" to save money. Wyatt Andrews reports.

Mandatory calorie counts coming to menus nationwide

March 28, 2021 News

A provision of the Affordable Care Act will soon require calorie counts on menus at restaurants with 20 or more locations. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the new law and how it can affect America’s health.

New FDA rules require restaurants to post calorie info

March 28, 2021 News

The Food and Drug Administration will announce broad new rules for posting calorie counts on menus. The FDA wants listings just about everywhere you eat, outside your kitchen as part of a directive in the Affordable Care Act. CBS news medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the upcoming rules.

Open enrollment for Obamacare begins today

March 27, 2021 News

The open enrollment period for the insurance purchased through the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, begins on Saturday. Louise Radnofsky, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" to discuss what’s for the program this year.

The more the US invests in Obamacare, the more unsustainable it looks

March 25, 2021 Affordable Care Act, healthcare, News, obamacare

Obamacare has never been more successful. It’s also never been more obviously unsustainable.
In the wake of Covid-19 and the subsequent rise in unemployment, more Americans than ever turned to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s marketplace to buy health insurance. Since early March, when president Joe Biden started a new open-enrollment period, more than 200,000 Americans have signed up. In 2020, 11.5 million health insurance policies were bought through the ACA, and of them, ...

Federal database lists financial ties between medical providers and drug companies

March 25, 2021 News

The "Physician Payments Sunshine Act" is part of the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Laurie Glimcher, the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College who is also on the board of the drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb, joins the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts to discuss the details.