T’was the Night Before ObamaCare and All Through the House……

T’was the night before ObamaCare and all thru the House Not a Congressman was quiet, nor even their spouse.   Pelosi and Sebellius are both wearing skirts. While Ted Reid is sitting there in a suit, tie, and smirk.   The House and the Senate were fighting all night With visions of passing, and screaming

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Finally….Behind Door No. 3….The Bronze Plan…Or Is It the Silver Plan…Or…?

It’s hard to come up with a new angle to write about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA…or ObamaCare) when we are getting bombarded daily with information about it…and straight from the source:  Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the newspaper, the internet, the

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In Just a Short 7 Days….

One week from today, on October 1, 2013, health insurance will change significantly for the first time since 1965….when Medicare was signed into law.  Are you ready?  Do you understand the new Health Insurance Marketplace?  Do you know what a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) is?  How about the ten essential health benefits (EHB) now included in

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Stay tuned for the next episode of “As the ACA Turns”

Word has come down that the Obama Administration (actually the IRS) is delaying one key element of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA) until 2015….the requirement for mid to large companies (that would be 50 employees and above) to offer health insurance to their employees or pay a fine. Technically though, these

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Let’s Walk Down the ACA Lane

(See the following webpage for the full-size graphic: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487506) We’ve talked alot over the last few months about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA, or Obamacare), the expanded healthcare requirements, and the implementation of a new Health Insurance Marketplace (or Exchange). The Marketplace is designed to provide un-insured/under-insured Americans with affordable and

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Doctor, Doctor Where Are you?

Here it is March and so much of the new insurance exchange requirements are still unknown. In six months the new Health Insurance Exchange mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will become operational. On October 1, 2013, every state and the District of Columbia will have either a state- or federally-operated Marketplace (or Exchange)

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