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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

High-deductible nightmares: the health insurance crisis partisans ignore

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/3/2018

While political partisans pound without pause for extreme changes in the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs that seek to assist the poor, sick, children, and others with access to health...more

The 2016 Election and Your Healthcare System: What’s at Stake?

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/26/2016

Regardless of the 2016 general election outcome, a new administration will have to respond to pressing policy issues that will shape continued transformation of the U.S. healthcare system. What are the issues and where do...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/30/2015

New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying...more

Healthcare Costs for the Average Family Have Risen Dramatically

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/16/2015

According to consulting and actuarial firm Milliman’s “2015 Milliman Medical Index,” which measures the cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four receiving coverage from an employer-sponsored preferred provider...more

ACA’s Deductible Limits for Small Groups Repealed

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 4/9/2014

On April 1, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. The primary purpose of the law is to provide a one-year delay of a 24% reduction in payment rates for physicians who participate...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 38: Congress Eliminates Separate Cap on Deductibles

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 4/8/2014

In a rare display of bipartisanship, Congress voted to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s separate cap on deductibles that applies to individual and small group insurance products. (These limits never applied to large...more

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