Current ACA subsidy programs are required to be based on income. Under the rules laid out by CMS states would be able to base subsidies on other factors potentially leaving lower-income, older and sicker patients with less comprehensive coverage options.
HealthCare.gov was a flop when it launched in October 2013. We all remember how impossible it was for Americans to buy health insurance through the website in the months following the launch. It was a national joke and the subject of late night comedy for months. After throwing enough money and computer experts at the […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Conventional wisdom is that the federal subsidies that help people buy insurance through state and federal exchanges will survive the current court ruling against them. However, the review by the full judicial panel of the DC circuit court will not happen until this fall. That gives people plenty of time to think about losing health […]
In a world … Where circuits conflict .. RT @cghoseBiz1st: Coming soon to a political theater near you: #ACA and #SCOTUS, together again! — Noah Blundo (@nblundo) July 22, 2014 When the Halbig v. Sebelius ruling about the Affordable Care Act was announced this morning – that certain people who bought insurance policies on the […]