Last week, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved HR2, the legislation to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and eliminate the need for an annual “doc fix”. The bill also extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program for another two years, and provides $7 billion in funding to support community health centers (this simply keeps community health center… Read more about House Approves Medicare SGR Replacement; Senate to Vote in Two Weeks
Archives for March 2015
Spring Break Health Wonkery
Jennifer Salopek hosted the Health Wonk Review this week at Wing of Zock, and there’s lots of good weekend reading in this spring break edition. Several posts stood out as excellent – here are some of my favorites: Shea McCarthy has an excellent piece at Healthcare Lighthouse, explaining the SGR deal that overwhelmingly passed the… Read more about Spring Break Health Wonkery
Colorado clarifies that grandmothered plans must end by December 31 – is exchange revenue a factor?
Last week, Colorado regulators announced that they won’t allow transitional (“grandmothered”) health plans to renew again at the end of this year, and that all non-ACA-compliant plans (unless they’re grandfathered) will end no later than December 31, 2015 and will need to be replaced with ACA-compliant coverage. Grandfathered Plans Grandfathered plans are those that were… Read more about Colorado clarifies that grandmothered plans must end by December 31 – is exchange revenue a factor?
Health wonks in the melting snow
Brad Wright hosted the Health Wonk Review today at Wright on Health, and it’s an outstanding edition. It also has a cheery series of pictures that beautifully illustrate the transition from winter to spring – nicely done Brad! There are so many great articles in this edition, it’s hard to pick a favorite. But there are… Read more about Health wonks in the melting snow
No Tax Season Special Enrollment Period In Colorado
A few weeks ago, the federal government announced that people in the 37 states that use Healthcare.gov would have access to a tax season special enrollment period (SEP) if they were unaware of the ACA’s penalty for being uninsured, and found out about it at the time they filed their taxes – which could be up to… Read more about No Tax Season Special Enrollment Period In Colorado