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Aca Signups Continue To Outpace Last Year, Hitting 11.5 Million

... replacement plan to continue coverage for up to 30 million people had yet been presented by those who are looking to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law. The HHS said it has received 35,000 calls from people asking if they should still get coverage or re-enroll. The agency reaffirmed that the ACA remains the law of the land and that coverage they signed up for before the end of the month would begin on Feb. 1. Officials believe a strong finish will bolster the case for preserving the ACA which helped reduce the nation's uninsured rate to a historic low of about 9%. The administration also noted that consumers were signing up whether rate increases in their states were big or small. Republicans have argued rising premiums were top of mind for American citizens. Benchmark premiums increases averaged 22% across the Health Care.gov site and state-based marketplaces compared with an average of 7% in increases in 2016. “Health insurance marketplace ...

Town Hall Audience Member Tells Paul Ryan That Obama, Aca Kept Him Alive

... Email Print This Post. In a CNN town hall event on Thursday, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke about the GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has helped over 20 million Americans get health insurance. While Ryan called the plan “failing” and promised to get rid of it, one audience member took the microphone and told the Speaker that he would be dead without President Obama’s efforts to pass the landmark piece of legislation. Ryan: We wouldn’t repeal ACA without a replacement. “We want to replace it with something better.” #Ryan Town Hall __link__/BMjbn Ns Tfj. — CNN (@CNN) January 13, 2017. “Why would you repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement?” the man in the audience asked on the same day that Senate Republicans took the first step toward repealing the law without a replacement. Ryan quickly responded: “Oh, we wouldn’t do that. We want to replace it with something better. First of all, I’m glad ...

King, Collins Split As U.s. Senate Advances Aca's Repeal

... split as U. S. Senate advances ACA's repeal. Courtesy / Office of Sen. Angus King. U. S. Sen. Angus King, shown on the Senate floor, joined Democrats in an unsuccessful first vote to block the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. In a 51-48 vote early Thursday morning, the Republican-led U. S. Senate approved a budget resolution that facilitates repealing much of the Affordable Care Act through a process known as budget reconciliation. The resolution now goes to the House, where the GOP also holds a majority, and is expected to be approved by the end of this week. The New York Times reported that the approved measure instructs House and Senate committees to come up with repeal legislation by Jan. 27. U. S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, joined Democrats in opposing the budget resolution, while U. S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined fellow Republicans in supporting the measure, according to ...

Some Fear Repeal Of Aca Without Replacement

... Florida currently leads the country in healthcare enrollment with the deadline fast approaching on January 31. For help, you can visit the Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida. They offer free application assistance. They say there is financial assistance available and that exemptions from the marketplace may be available to those who qualify. Most Popular Stories. 2017-01-12 T 02:45:14 Z. It was supposed to be the best day of their life. Instead, their maid of honor got arrested and is facing several charges from a wedding day gone wrong. 2017-01-12 T 03:19:15 Z. 2017-01-12 T 12:46:49 Z. As the manhunt continues for the suspect in the shooting death of an Orlando police officer, a Charlotte County man has taken to the streets to express his support for that suspect. 2017-01-11 T 22:30:12 Z. A North Port dance instructor is accused of having sex with one of her teenage ...

Why So Many Uncertainties Still Surround The Fate Of Aca

... will be health care-related but few of them will actually become law, and the passed resolution will then move to the House for its consideration. Passage of a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions is the first step on the road to ACA repeal. It will likely be at least a couple of weeks before we see details of a plan to repeal the ACA. With the budget resolution in place, the respective congressional committees will consider proposals and draft legislative text that meets the budget conditions of the reconciliation instructions. It is in this committee phase that we would expect to see specific language repealing (portions of) the ACA. The resolution introduced last week calls for committees to submit their proposals by January 27. Ultimately, passage of ACA repeal may not happen until February or March. The complexities of the reconciliation process coupled with the current lack of consensus among Republicans could mean that the ACA repeal plan won't pass Congress and go to the president for signature until February ...

How Repealing The Aca Will Affect Minorities

... Lacking a replacement strategy by Congress, an estimated 18 million people who obtained coverage since 2013 via new state and federally administered exchanges are likely to have their coverage thrown into limbo. Certainly whites made up the biggest group of newly insured Americans under the ACA, with 9 million new people gaining coverage. But poorer minorities also benefited dramatically from provisions in the ACA, including an expansion of Medicaid that provided health care subsidies for many low-income people. Congressional Black Caucus to be More Aggressive Under Trump. Three million African Americans and 4 million Hispanics-the minority group most likely to lack health insurance-accessed coverage through the ACA. As a result, these groups saw uninsured rates drop 11.8 percentage points and 11.3 percentage points, respectively. That’s according to a 2016 report from the ...

What Could An Aca Repeal Mean For Contraceptive Coverage

... about the ACA contraceptive coverage rule and the implications of its possible elimination. 1. The rule was first issued in 2012. 2. Under the rule, new private plans were required to cover the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration for women, counseling and services, according to KFF. 3. In 2015, HHS issued guidance making clear that at least one form of all 18 FDA-approved methods of birth control must be covered without cost-sharing, according to KFF. The brief notes that plans must also cover a specific option or product recommended by a provider, without cost-sharing. KFF said insurers, however, are allowed to use "reasonable medical management.to limit coverage to brand-name drugs when a generic version exists, and can impose cost-sharing for equivalent branded drugs.". 4. Roughly 77 percent of women and 64 percent of men support no-cost contraceptive coverage, according to the brief. 5. There are varying contraceptive coverage requirements for employers. According to KFF, most employers must include the coverage in their plans. However, houses of worship may receive an exemption if they have religious objections. ...

What’s The Plan?’ Senators Say Aca Replacement In The Works

... 18,000 buy policies on the individual market, most of them subsidized. “It’s a small number, but it’s a number that we need, to make sure that we’re listening to, that we’re responding to,” Murkowski said. The specifics of that response aren’t yet clear. She didn’t directly say, for instance, whether she’s committed to keeping the expansion of Medicaid. “It is absolutely a key part of this discussion,” Murkowski said. She, like the rest of the Alaska delegation, wants to keep parts of the ACA, like the coverage for pre-existing conditions. She wants to dump the mandate that everybody get insurance. But Murkowski acknowledges that risks an imbalance, where only high-cost patients would buy coverage. “We’re going to have to figure out where those pay-fors are, and how you can ensure that you get enough healthy younger people to participate,” she said. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to slow the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Photo: Liz Ruskin, ...