While the ultimate impact of the new Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act remains to be seen, some of the challenges and opportunities that it will present to pet retailers are already apparent.
Liberal groups went forward with Wednesday's protest, saying
the Affordable Care Act remains under threat.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state is moving to ensure several protections in
the Affordable Care Act remain in place regardless of whether the Republican - led Congress votes to repeal it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York state is moving to ensure several protections in
the Affordable Care Act remain in place regardless of whether the Republican - led Congress votes to repeal it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.
Not exact matches
The
Affordable Care Act would
remain in effect, as well as strengthened.
And health
care is likely to remain a top concern, as the Affordable Care Act mandate for small businesses kicks into gear in 2
care is likely to
remain a top concern, as the
Affordable Care Act mandate for small businesses kicks into gear in 2
Care Act mandate for small businesses kicks into gear in 2016.
But the fix is provisional; insurers have been exiting the
Affordable Care Act marketplaces over deep uncertainty about the health law's future, and insurance commissioners in some states have had to plea with firms to
remain committed to the exchanges.
Furthermore, entrepreneurs
remain divided on what and how much should be done to improve the
Affordable Care Act.
And despite the challenges posed by the
Affordable Care Act, Minnesota
remains home to a vibrant med tech industry, for now.
Congress
remains at an impasse over the future of the
Affordable Care Act, while employers and consumers are struggling under the weight of rising medical costs, including the soaring price of prescription drugs.
When asked about the hospital deal, Cafaro noted that the underlying trends for hospitals
remains strong, both because of the
Affordable Care Act and America's aging demographic trends.
Trump has further exposed rifts within his own party by engaging in a public spat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who
remains widely popular in the GOP despite the party's spectacular failure in July to repeal the
Affordable Care Act.
Rep. Elise Stefanik
remains a key undecided vote today as House Republicans try to whip up support for a revised bill to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act.
Supporters of the Essential Plan say that private insurance
remains prohibitively expensive for poorer families, even with the help of
Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Among other findings, the report also revealed that while the total number of County residents on Medicaid has risen due to fuller implementation of the
Affordable Care Act («ACA»), Erie County's portion of Medicaid costs is projected to drop by more than $ 6.4 million from 2013 due to the
Act's implementation and the state's Medicaid cap, and is approximately $ 340,000 less than 2012; the biggest increase in Medicaid recipients was seen among whites age 18 - 64, while other demographics
remained consistent; and that the number of persons on Medicaid continues to grow at an average rate of more than 4 % each year, a trend noted by the Medicaid Inspector General's office in his September 2013 report.
The flow from D.C. to Albany continues growing because the
Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion — which significantly lifted federal payments to New York —
remains in force after the demise of several GOP - sponsored alternatives.
The latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act is now dead in Congress, but New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
remains worried about another potential cut in federal funds to hospitals that he says will blow a hole in the state budget.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) said despite the cancelled vote to repeal the
Affordable Care Act on Friday, March 24, she
remains committed to replacing the legislation.
The latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act is now dead in Congress, but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
remains worried about another potential cut in federal funds to hospitals that he said would blow a hole in the state budget.
«However, the success of these efforts may be directly tied to the fate of the Medicaid expansion component of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, which, at the time of this writing,
remains quite unclear.»
While the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes gender identity in its nondiscrimination clause, to what extent it will protect transgender people from denial of coverage
remains to be seen, she adds.
«While public attention has focused on the
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare and Medicaid
remain the core of the nation's public health insurance system.
In the absence of universal standardized medical record systems, the combined costs and health consequences of the
Affordable Health
Care Act will
remain opaque,» he added.
Deductibles are often very large, and many people
remain uninsured — despite the
Affordable Care Act.
If Congress is successful in repealing the
Affordable Care Act, this could potentially go away, but it
remains for the time being.
That could change if Congress revises or repeals the
Affordable Care Act, but for now the ACA
remains in effect.