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California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
29/06/2012 Comments Off on California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
By RUSS MITCHELL, KHN Staff Writer– With the health care law upheld by the Supreme Court, the state that boasts the largest number of uninsured is bent on losing that distinction. Peter Lee, charged with creating California’s online state insurance market, says his goal is to make shopping for health insurance as easy “as buying […]
Continue reading …Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
29/06/2012 Comments Off on Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer– Everybody agreed hospitals would be the biggest business losers if the Supreme Court overthrew the health care reform act. But the ruling that preserves most of the law — along with the promise of billions in extra hospital revenue — raises new problems for the industry. Hospital bosses applauded and […]
Continue reading …Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
28/06/2012 Comments Off on Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]
Continue reading …KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2
27/03/2012 Comments Off on KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2From the Kaiser Health News service of the Kaiser Family Foundation here are excerpts of Tuesday’s oral arguments in the before the Supreme Court on the validity of the insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act. 27 MARCH 2012 In the arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday on the insurance mandate – sometimes referred to […]
Continue reading …U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown
16/11/2011 Comments Off on U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court ShowdownKey elements of the U.S. Health Care Reform will go before the nation’s highest court next spring, and any decision could become an election year bombshell. The United States Supreme Court announced 14 Nov. 2011, that it will hear oral arguments on a total of four specific questions raised in federal circuit court decisions that […]
Continue reading …Few Small Businesses Use Valuable Obama Health Care Tax Credit
07/11/2011 Comments Off on Few Small Businesses Use Valuable Obama Health Care Tax Credit
While small business owners frequently complain about the cost of providing health insurance for the their employees, few are taking advantage of valuable health care tax credit, according to published reports. According to the IRS, the small business health care tax credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees. […]
Continue reading …Business Health Care Tax Credit for Small Business Employers
07/11/2011 Comments Off on Business Health Care Tax Credit for Small Business Employers
The small business health care tax credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees. Eligibility Rules Providing health care coverage. A qualifying employer must cover at least 50% of the cost of health care coverage for some of its workers based on the single rate. Firm size. A […]
Continue reading …Politico – Jobless Benefits Help The Economy
07/10/2011 Comments Off on Politico – Jobless Benefits Help The Economy
By Rep. Lloyd Doggett via Politico A recent bumper sticker captures it all: “Republicans 2012: Keeping millions out of work to put one man out of a job.” As the ranking member of the subcommittee charged with overseeing unemployment programs, I have experienced the Republicans’ failure to permit a vote on a single meaningful jobs […]
Continue reading …Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%
27/09/2011 Comments Off on Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health care insurance coverage increased 9% from 2010 to $15,073 this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 2011 Employer Health Benefits Survey released Tuesday, 27 Sept. 2011. On average, workers pay $4,129 and employers pay $10,944 toward those annual premiums. Premiums increased significantly faster than […]
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