President Trump has been working on an alternative regulatory policy initiative to workaround the lack of congressional action on healthcare. Today President Trump unveils the MAGA healthcare initiative that allows HHS to permit groups of people to form “Health Associations” and seek competitive health insurance options across state lines.
Health Insurers in Florida Request Premium Hikes As High As 71%…
Obamacare plan premiums may increase an average of 45 percent in Florida next year due to health care insurers rate hike requests, according to Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation. There are six insurers in Florida selling plans on and off the exchanges in 2018 including Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Celtic Insurance Company, Florida Health […]
Beware of the ObamaCare Bailout…
For seven years Republicans have solemnly promised to abolish the financially crumbling ObamaCare law. But now that they have struck out, many in the GOP are working behind closed doors to bail out the very program they say they hate. If they moderate wing of the party prevails and rescues the ObamaCare entitlement, the law […]
Another Insurer Quits Obamacare Leaving 25 Counties In Missouri With No Healthcare Options…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) has just joined the growing ranks of insurers across the country that have decided they’ve lost just about enough money on Obamacare. According to a press release issued earlier today, Blue KC’s CEO said the company has lost $100 million on the Obamacare exchanges since 2014, […]
Bannon Says Ryan’s Health Care Act ‘Written by the Insurance Industry’…
The failure to repeal and replace Obamacare would be a stinging defeat for Trump. But it would be an even bigger defeat for Paul Ryan, who has all but staked his Speakership on passing this bill. And in the hall of mirrors that is Washington, the big winner to emerge out of the health-care debacle […]
Chaffetz: Poor People Shouldn’t Buy iPhones If They Need Money For Health Care…
Judge Rules Health Insurance Companies Matter More Than Taxpayers…
Largely overlooked last week in the wake of President Donald Trump’s court battle was another controversial judicial ruling. On Thursday the US Court of Claims rewarding Moda Health, an Oregon-based health insurer, $214 million for losses it took participating in the high risk insurance pools established under the Affordable Care Act. The dispute came after […]
Rep. Dave Brat: ‘We Have Five or Six Plans’ to Replace Obamacare; GOP Leadership Needs to ‘Pick One’…
Congress Moves to Repeal ObamaCare…
Congress will be focused on the effort to undo President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment in the last full week of his term. Senate Republicans will lay the groundwork this week for repealing ObamaCare, despite deep uncertainty about what comes next…
