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11-12-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Moving Forward   President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of the health reform law will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 implementation deadline, and it's likely that the ... an amendment to the state constitution to overturn the law's individual mandate. Exit polls showed that 49 percent of Florida voters believe the health law should be repealed completely or partially and 43 percent said it should be expanded or kept as is. Voters in Montana, Alabama and ... amendments. Regardless of voting results, the amendments do not have any impact on the federal law.   Exit Polls: Mixed Support for Health Care Law   Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act, according to exit polls from Tuesday's elections. Forty-five percent ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Kasich to Oppose the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill and Support Continued Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to Governor Kasich calling on him to oppose a new proposal to repeal and replace the current health care law offered by Senators Graham and Cassidy. Instead, the letter calls on the Governor to support the bipartisan efforts being spearheaded in the Senate by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in the Senate ...

03-06-2014 Affordable Care Act Update

... week that the House of Representatives will soon vote on the Save the American Workers (SAW) Act, H.R. 2575, which would alter the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) definition of "full-time employee." The law currently requires companies with more than 50 full-time employees to offer health plans and defines full-time as those working 30 or more hours a week. Supporters of the bill argue that the law’s 30-hour definition ... million fewer people to receive employer-sponsored coverage, and send between 500,000 and 1 million more people to state Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or health insurance marketplaces. Policy Update Marketplace Enrollment Hits 4 Million With just over a month left ...

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of ...

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of ...

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of ...

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of ...

Federal Judge Rules Against Expansion of Inadequate Association Health Plans

Washington, D.C.—A federal judge has blocked a rule change that would have expanded the availability of Association Health Plans (AHP). These plans often leave beneficiaries underinsured because they are exempt from covering the essential health benefits required under the health care law, including prescription drug coverage, and can also cap coverage based on the number of hospital days or cost of services and cover less ...

10-26-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update As everyone knows, the impact of next month's presidential and congressional elections will have a significant impact on the nation's health care policy moving forward. Additionally, the winners of state gubernatorial contests will play an important role in implementing aspects of the ... of three tight state gubernatorial races (Montana, New Hampshire and Washington), in particular, will determine the future of Medicaid and health insurance marketplaces in those states. Attached is a story highlighting the electoral choices and the impact on health care that voters ...

10-26-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update As everyone knows, the impact of next month's presidential and congressional elections will have a significant impact on the nation's health care policy moving forward. Additionally, the winners of state gubernatorial contests will play an important role in implementing aspects of the ... of three tight state gubernatorial races (Montana, New Hampshire and Washington), in particular, will determine the future of Medicaid and health insurance marketplaces in those states. Attached is a story highlighting the electoral choices and the impact on health care that voters ...

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