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The Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): • Did not have an effective process in place to ensure that advance premium tax credit (APTC) payments were made only for enrollees who had paid their monthly premiums; instead, CMS relied on…

Today, the House will pass a budget-reconciliation bill that repeals ObamaCare and stops taxpayer funding to abortion providers.  After more than 50 House votes to repeal ObamaCare in part and in full, and after the conscience of our nation was awakened again to the great evil of the abortion industry, we will put this bill…

Congress returns to work this week, and for once those words shouldn’t trigger a panic attack.  As early as Wednesday the House will vote to send a bill repealing most of ObamaCare to President Obama, and this may become a consequential moment, assuming Republicans are prepared to make an argument.  The task now is to…

For the first time, Congress is passing a bill to gut ObamaCare and sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk.  That vote occurs Wednesday in the House, after the Senate passed the package last month.  The bill awaits a veto, as both parties have always known.  Even so, the final Affordable Care Act repeal package…

Most discussions about insurance costs center around premium increases, or (less often) deductibles.  Less often do we here them discussed together.  Yet, the combination is a critical factor in determining how illnesses affect the financial well-being of families.  An insured family has to pay its premium regardless of whether or not any claims are made.… 

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, half the uninsured who are eligible for subsidized coverage through the exchanges have refused to purchase it.  As a result, those remaining in the insurance pool have tended to be sicker and older — and they’ve used more health services than insurers expected.  How much more?  According…

The health insurance industry will be watching and waiting to see if antitrust regulators approve several big insurance mergers, whether the Affordable Care Act’s exchange market grows more sustainable, and whether states adopt new regulations governing provider network adequacy.  Looming above all those issues is the possibility of the election of a Republican president who…

December’s omnibus budget package contained a measure to delay a provision of the Affordable Care Act by two years is giving finance chiefs some extra time to prepare.  The tax on high-cost employee health plans, or “Cadillac” tax, puts employers on the hook for a 40% levy on any excess cost of health plans above…

Poor planning and a “lack of effective leadership” within the state Department of Human Services prevented the department’s $155 million computer system from meeting the goals of the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a report released today by the Hawaii State Auditor.  The system has not been able to meet federal goals of creating…

The U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service said they are extending some Affordable Care Act reporting deadlines to help companies meet the requirements.  Employers will have two more months past Feb. 1 to give individuals forms for reporting on offers of health coverage and the coverage provided.  he deadlines to report this information to the IRS…