Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts
6/25/15
7/24/14
Even After Open Enrollment, Activity Remains Unexpectedly High On ACA Exchange
Even After Open Enrollment, Activity Remains Unexpectedly High On ACA Exchange
"But perhaps more surprising is that, according to federal data released Wednesday to ProPublica, there have been nearly 1 million transactions on the exchange since then. People are allowed to sign up and switch plans after certain life events, such as job changes, moves, the birth of a baby, marriages and divorces."
"But perhaps more surprising is that, according to federal data released Wednesday to ProPublica, there have been nearly 1 million transactions on the exchange since then. People are allowed to sign up and switch plans after certain life events, such as job changes, moves, the birth of a baby, marriages and divorces."
Thanks To Obamacare, You Might Be Getting An Insurance Refund
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/07/24/thanks-to-obamacare-you-might-be-getting-an-insurance-refund/
"A generally ignored by Fox News part of the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare) mandates that insurance companies spend at least $.80 of every dollar on *gulp* healthcare. The other $.20 can go toward administrative costs and all the other perks that CEOs of giant insurance companies enjoy. The law is even stricter when the policy is sold to a large employer, with a full 85 percent needing to go to healthcare."
"A generally ignored by Fox News part of the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare) mandates that insurance companies spend at least $.80 of every dollar on *gulp* healthcare. The other $.20 can go toward administrative costs and all the other perks that CEOs of giant insurance companies enjoy. The law is even stricter when the policy is sold to a large employer, with a full 85 percent needing to go to healthcare."
Obamacare Has Helped Americans Save Nearly $2 Billion On Their Insurance Premiums
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/07/24/3463602/obamacare-premium-savings/
"Millions of Americans can expect to get a refund from their insurance companies this year, at an average of about $80 dollars per family, thanks to a little-known Obamacare provision that’s helping people save money on their premiums. According to a new report released by the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday, Americans across the country have received a total of $1.9 billion dollars in rebates since this provision first took effect in 2011."
"Millions of Americans can expect to get a refund from their insurance companies this year, at an average of about $80 dollars per family, thanks to a little-known Obamacare provision that’s helping people save money on their premiums. According to a new report released by the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday, Americans across the country have received a total of $1.9 billion dollars in rebates since this provision first took effect in 2011."
7/10/14
Turns Out, Republicans Love Obamacare
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/07/10/3458577/even-republicans-are-satisfied-with-the-new-obamacare-coverage-poll-finds/
"The study also found that the percentage of uninsured has dropped, from 20 percent to 15 percent, after the first open enrollment period, with 9.5 million fewer people now uninsured."
"The study also found that the percentage of uninsured has dropped, from 20 percent to 15 percent, after the first open enrollment period, with 9.5 million fewer people now uninsured."
6/12/14
Thanks To Obamacare, Minnesota’s Uninsurance Rate Has Dropped 40 Percent
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/06/12/3448100/obamacare-minnesota-uninsurance/
"The number of uninsured people in Minnesota has plunged to the lowest level in state history, following Obamacare’s six month open enrollment period that allowed people to sign up for new health plans, according to a new analysis from University of Minnesota researchers."
"The number of uninsured people in Minnesota has plunged to the lowest level in state history, following Obamacare’s six month open enrollment period that allowed people to sign up for new health plans, according to a new analysis from University of Minnesota researchers."
5/1/14
Gov. Rick Scott Gets Schooled by Seniors While Trying To Hawk Obamacare Horror Stories
www.politicususa.com/2014/04/30/gov-rick-scott-hawks-obamacare-horror-stories-schooled-seniors.html
"With 14 felonies of Medicare fraud under his belt as head of Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Rick Scott knows Mediscare. But when he tried to pull his horror story games on seniors, they weren’t buying it. Chalk this group of seniors up as yet another group that aren’t buying the GOP Horror Show con."
"With 14 felonies of Medicare fraud under his belt as head of Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Rick Scott knows Mediscare. But when he tried to pull his horror story games on seniors, they weren’t buying it. Chalk this group of seniors up as yet another group that aren’t buying the GOP Horror Show con."
4/28/14
PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse
PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McCrory's North Carolina."
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McCrory's North Carolina."
4/24/14
How Obamacare Will Help Americans Retire Sooner
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/23/3429864/obamacare-americans-retirement/
"The reason for that is pretty simple: Once Americans don’t have to worry about losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, they’ll be freed up to make different decisions about how long to continue working."
"The reason for that is pretty simple: Once Americans don’t have to worry about losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, they’ll be freed up to make different decisions about how long to continue working."
Bernie Sanders Lays The Smack-Down : GOP Freedom Is ‘The Freedom To Die’ (Video)
Bernie Sanders Lays The Smack-Down : GOP Freedom Is ‘The Freedom To Die’ (Video)
"Sanders went on to say that he doesn’t believe that the majority of the people are in favor of the things that the Republicans want to do, things like eliminating Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid and eliminating the minimum wage. They want to strengthen those programs and raise the minimum wage."
"Sanders went on to say that he doesn’t believe that the majority of the people are in favor of the things that the Republicans want to do, things like eliminating Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid and eliminating the minimum wage. They want to strengthen those programs and raise the minimum wage."
4/17/14
GOP's Obamacare Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
GOP's Obamacare Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
"Ross danced around the harsh truth: There is no adequate Republican replacement for the ACA, because it was a Republican idea to begin with. They've boxed themselves in a corner and now they can't get out."
"Ross danced around the harsh truth: There is no adequate Republican replacement for the ACA, because it was a Republican idea to begin with. They've boxed themselves in a corner and now they can't get out."
Conservative crybabies lose again: The right’s laughable new Obamacare conspiracies, officially debunked
Conservative crybabies lose again: The right’s laughable new Obamacare conspiracies, officially debunked
"As all the GOP's Obamacare attacks are proven wrong, one by one, a new phony conspiracy emerges. It's bunk, too"
"As all the GOP's Obamacare attacks are proven wrong, one by one, a new phony conspiracy emerges. It's bunk, too"
4/14/14
From Death Panels To Death Spirals: The Right-Wing Media's Epic Five-Year Health Care Disinformation Campaign
www.mediamatters.org/research/2014/04/14/from-death-panels-to-death-spirals-the-right-wi/198876
"In the five years since President Obama's health care reform plan -- which became the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- was first introduced, the right-wing media has waged a continuous campaign to attack the law through misinformation, deception, and outright lies."
"In the five years since President Obama's health care reform plan -- which became the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- was first introduced, the right-wing media has waged a continuous campaign to attack the law through misinformation, deception, and outright lies."
4/13/14
PERRspectives: In Arkansas and Georgia, an Obamacare Tale of Two Clinics
PERRspectives: In Arkansas and Georgia, an Obamacare Tale of Two Clinics
"For the two clinics, it was the best of times and the worst times. In Mena, Arkansas, the 9th Street Ministries free clinic is closing its doors after 16 years, its services no longer needed by the poor residents who have now obtained health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But in Glenwood, Georgia, the Lower Oconee Community Hospital has closed, largely because the low income denizens of Wheeler County did not. And with 94,000 Arkansanscovered by the expansion of Medicaid spearheaded by Democratic Governor Mike Beebe while Republican Governor Nathan Deal left over 600,000 Georgians without, the tale of two clinics is bound to be repeated in the months ahead."
"For the two clinics, it was the best of times and the worst times. In Mena, Arkansas, the 9th Street Ministries free clinic is closing its doors after 16 years, its services no longer needed by the poor residents who have now obtained health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But in Glenwood, Georgia, the Lower Oconee Community Hospital has closed, largely because the low income denizens of Wheeler County did not. And with 94,000 Arkansanscovered by the expansion of Medicaid spearheaded by Democratic Governor Mike Beebe while Republican Governor Nathan Deal left over 600,000 Georgians without, the tale of two clinics is bound to be repeated in the months ahead."
If You Don’t Have Healthcare, The GOP Doesn’t Care If You Die
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/04/12/gop-doesnt-care-die/
"While prominent Republicans, like Mitt Romney, Jim DeMint and Haley Barbour have turned to the “ER’s will treat you” as a way to support the rejection of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, they are quickly changing their tunes. Now, instead of advocating for ERs to treat the uninsured like decent human beings, they aim to keep the uninsured from using emergency rooms at all. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is lobbying on Congress to allow hospitals to turn people away from emergency rooms who lack health insurance."
"While prominent Republicans, like Mitt Romney, Jim DeMint and Haley Barbour have turned to the “ER’s will treat you” as a way to support the rejection of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, they are quickly changing their tunes. Now, instead of advocating for ERs to treat the uninsured like decent human beings, they aim to keep the uninsured from using emergency rooms at all. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is lobbying on Congress to allow hospitals to turn people away from emergency rooms who lack health insurance."
1/11/14
GOP Senator’s Anti-Obamacare Story Denied By Doctor Who Saved His Daughter’s Life
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/01/11/doctor-disputes-sen-johnson-anti-aca-story/
"One can only wonder if Senator Johnson was purposefully lying about his own daughter or if he simply doesn’t understand the healthcare law and the medical profession. He seems to have seriously misrepresented the feelings of the doctor whose ‘freedoms’ he claimed to be defending."
"One can only wonder if Senator Johnson was purposefully lying about his own daughter or if he simply doesn’t understand the healthcare law and the medical profession. He seems to have seriously misrepresented the feelings of the doctor whose ‘freedoms’ he claimed to be defending."
1/9/14
Women At Risk For Breast Cancer Will Get Free Preventive Medications Under Obamacare
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/09/3142151/breast-cancer-prevention-drugs-free-obamacare/
"The Obama administration announced on Thursday that women at risk for breast cancer will be able to get preventive cancer drugs, like tamoxifen and raloxifene, at no additional cost to them under the Affordable Care Act."
"The Obama administration announced on Thursday that women at risk for breast cancer will be able to get preventive cancer drugs, like tamoxifen and raloxifene, at no additional cost to them under the Affordable Care Act."
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