White House reverses $10B in cuts to ACA cost-sharing subsidies
By Paul Demko Posted: March 13, 2014 – 6:30 pm ET Modern HealthCare Tags: Costs, Healthcare Reform, Insurance Exchanges, Insurance, Medicare The White House has decided to reverse roughly $10 billion in cuts to the cost-sharing subsidies that were part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. That program was originally expected to be slashed by 7.3 % in…
Health reform plans, pricing revealed in California
By Associated Press Posted: May 24, 2013 – 8:00 am ET Californians are finally getting to see what “Obamacare” means for them. President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul made a big leap Thursday when California’s health insurance exchange announced the plans and the prices that will be offered to those buying individual coverage. Some of the…
Baucus sees insurance exchange ‘train wreck’ ahead
By Rich Daly Modern Healthcare Posted: April 17, 2013 – 1:45 pm ET The primary author of the 2010 healthcare overhaul is worried that the health insurance exchanges planned for launch this year are headed for a “train wreck.” Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Finance Committee, said Tuesday that the lack of details provided…