Under America’s new health-care reform act, health-care spending will rise slightly faster than it would have otherwise, according to a new government study. But Americans will have to brace for a big jump in spending, especially on health insurance, in 2014, when major parts of the reform law go into effect. Health spending will jump [...]
Enrollment in the Illinois Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (IPXP) will proceed on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s one of the first major programs to be rolled out in Illinois under recently enacted national health legislation. Funding comes from premiums and from the federal government, which is giving the state $196 M to run the plan [...]
President Obama shows off the new HealthCare.gov website. ;Note,the POTUS appears to use a MacBook Pro with a customized Presidential seal where the Apple logo normally goes.
The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children.The Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday that insurers can set limited sign-up periods for a new kind of guaranteed coverage that is available to children regardless of medical problems. Insurers were concerned the new health care law [...]
The new federal health-care law may pose compliance challenges for taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, an IRS ombudsman said. The agency, which will be responsible for administering major aspects of health insurance finance, is neither structured nor funded to effectively oversee social programs, the National Taxpayer Advocate Service said Wednesday in a news release.