Posts Tagged ‘ACA’
On Medicare Vouchers and Cuts
Medicare is the main issue for both major political parties. Republicans Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s platform is to privatize Medicare and gut Medicaid, but Republicans are not alone in their attacks on our social safety net. Ryan developed his Medicare plan with Democratic Senator Ron Wyden last year. Ryan’s proposal (deceptively titled the “Path…
Read MoreInvestors in Health Care Seem to Bet on Incumbent
From the New York Times – Who is going to win the presidential election? You might want to ask Mark T. Bertolini. He just bet $5.7 billion on President Obama. Mr. Bertolini is the chief executive of Aetna, which on Monday agreed to acquire Coventry Health Care, a huge provider of Medicare and Medicaid programs.…
Read MoreThe Answer is Medicare for Everyone – Medicare Anniversary Action in Lexington
By Tom Eblen for the Lexington Herald-Leader – Medicare turned 47 years old last Monday. Bill Mahan celebrated by setting up a booth on Main Street to try to convince passersby that America’s health insurance crisis could be eased considerably if everyone had Medicare. The Lexington retiree collected about 125 signatures for his petition. It…
Read MoreThe ACA Leaves Out, Cuts Funds for Uninsured Immigrants
From the New York Times – Hospitals Worry Over Cut in Fund for Uninsured Community Health Centers Funding Cut President Obama’s health care law is putting new strains on some of the nation’s most hard-pressed hospitals, by cutting aid they use to pay for emergency care for illegal immigrants, which they have long been required…
Read MoreCourt’s Ruling May Blunt Reach of the Health Law
From the New York Times – The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that the Supreme Court decision on President Obama’s health care overhaul would probably lead to an increase in the number of uninsured and a modest reduction in the cost to the federal government when compared with estimates before the court ruling. Of the…
Read MoreStates could leave millions of low-income people uninsured
The new Medicaid “doughnut hole” From the Washington Post – For Gov. Rick Perry, saying “no” to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state. Gov. Chris Christie not only would be saying…
Read MoreHealthcare Advocates: Time To Bury the Hatchet
By Wendell Potter for the Nation – Health insurance executives breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court upheld their favorite part of the Affordable Care Act (the part that is one of the least popular among the rest of us)—the individual mandate. And then, I’m confident, moments after they exhaled, they were on…
Read MoreStates Pushing Medicaid Ruling to Cut Rolls Immediately
By David Dayen for FireDogLake – It’s true that states could, after 2014, reduce their Medicaid rolls without the potential consequences of losing their entire federal share of funding. But some states aren’t waiting until 2014. The court, which upheld most of the law, struck down penalties for states choosing not to expand Medicaid. A…
Read MoreA Warning on SCOTUS Healthcare Decision: Needs Still Unmet
By John Funiciello for BlackCommentator.com – The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that the president’s health care law is constitutional caused a flurry of celebration on the part of proponents of reform and a vow on the part of Republicans and other on the right to deep six the plan, along with the president. Proponents…
Read MoreACA Upheld: We Still Need Medicare for All
The Supreme Court just released their decision on Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), and their decision is that all components of the law – including the individual mandate requiring citizens buy private health insurance – are upheld and declared constitutional. This decision does not end the fight for expanded and improved Medicare-for-all. We know that…
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