Sentences with phrase «u.s. affordable care»

While the U.S. Affordable Care Act creates incentives for employers to offer rewards to employees who practice healthy lifestyles, that driver is counterbalanced by inhibitors, including employee privacy concerns, minimal proof of ROI, and a backlash against badly designed behavioral incentives like gamification.

Hobby Lobby and Conestoga are companies that want to be allowed to opt out, on religious grounds, of the U.S. Affordable Care Act's requirement that employer health plans pay for contraception.

Not exact matches

Trump tapped Republican Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon who drafted legislation years ago to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Capital Impact Partners is among the largest of the roughly 1,000 CDFI's in the U.S., having invested $ 1.8 billion in senior care, affordable housing, education and public nutrition projects in distressed and low - income communities across the country.

As U.S. health care costs rise, more affordable health insurance is available in these countries, International Living reports.

Amid the countdown this week toward a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a battle has escalated about funding for a small business lobby group.

And with the advent of the Affordable Care Act, even if you'd been working in the U.S. market for 20 years, you didn't know any more than someone that had been in the U.S. market for one or two years because so much had changed so quickly.

U.S. health insurers including Aetna have been losing money in their businesses that offer plans under the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

«It will allow us to expand and optimize our retail pharmacy network in key markets in the U.S., including the Northeast, and provide customers and patients with greater access to convenient, affordable care,» Pessina said in a statement.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could derail the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, and potentially increase the cost of insurance for millions across the U.S.. It's a big deal, and it has insurance companies, medical providers and everyday workers holding their breath.

Canadian tech darling CGI Group was motoring along just fine until people found out that it was the lead contractor behind the infamous Affordable Care website in the U.S. (It's down more than 10 % since November.)

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld most of Obamacare also rejected the section of the Affordable Care Act that would have compelled states to expand eligibility in their Medicaid programs to nearly all poor adults.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Nearer term, Citi said the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, could shrink the U.S. HIV market by increasing the number of uninsured patients as well as introducing greater cost - sensitivity among healthcare providers.

SAN FRANCISCO — In the weeks before the U.S. election, Valerie Robinson says she was bombarded by political ads on Facebook attacking Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act.

The U.S. Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law in 2010, requires employers to provide moms of babies younger than 12 months a reasonable break time for pumping and a private place to pump, other than a bathroom.

In the U.S., it's been a very different — and much pricier — story, though starting January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act requires that most policies cover pregnancy and birth.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» Health Resources and Services Administration, the Affordable Care Act expands coverage for women's health to preventative services, as well as «breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling in conjunction with each birth.»

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» Health Resources and Services Administration's website, the Affordable Care Act expands coverage for women's health to preventative services, as well as «breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling in conjunction with each birth.»

Evidence - Based Model Crosswalk to Benchmarks: Model Alignment With Benchmark (PDF - 641 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Health Resources and Services Administration (2011) Describes the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), and how the act responds, through evidence - based home visiting programs, to diverse needs of children and families in at - risk communities through collaboration at the Federal, State, and community levels.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., we're pathetically lagging behind — and that's with the new policies designed to encourage breastfeeding put in place by President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

But, as The Lancet reports, it is despite — or perhaps because of — the lack of paid maternity leave in the U.S. that the Affordable Care Act provides protected nursing and pumping breaks and insurance coverage of breast pumps, which The Lancet predicts could increase breastfeeding rates by 25 %.

When the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, the MOTHERS Act was included in the text of the bill.

The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 2952: Support, Education, and Research for Postpartum Depression mandated ongoing research to better understand the frequency and course of postpartum depression, address differences in treatment needs among racial and ethnic groups, and develop culturally competent evidence - based treatment approaches (U.S. Department of Labor, 2012).

The eleventh - hour attempt by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act once seemed like the longest of long shots, but now appears to have a chance — albeit slim — at passage, even though it has been deemed the most «radical» of all the Obamacare reform efforts the GOP has debated thus far.

The U.S. Senate unveiled its plan to repeal and replace Obamacare — a bill that would cut Medicaid, eliminate penalties for people who don't buy insurance and cut tax hikes enacted to pay for the Affordable Healthcare Act's expanded care.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to create a 13 - man working group on health care, including staunch conservatives and ardent foes of the Affordable Care Act — but no women — has been widely seen on Capitol Hill as a move to placate the right as Congress decides the fate of former President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievemcare, including staunch conservatives and ardent foes of the Affordable Care Act — but no women — has been widely seen on Capitol Hill as a move to placate the right as Congress decides the fate of former President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievemCare Act — but no women — has been widely seen on Capitol Hill as a move to placate the right as Congress decides the fate of former President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement.

U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, slammed Democratic candidate (and former Rep.) Dan Maffei for voting in support of the Affordable Care Act.

SYRACUSE — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's stance on a bill to dismantle the Affordable Care act has been well - documented.

The impetus for the push comes over the Republican - led effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which is currently facing stiff headwinds in the U.S. Senate.

With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in tatters, U.S. Senate leaders today pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama's health law without a replacement — but that plan appeared also to collapse.

U.S. Senate Democrats have identified new potential allies in their effort to scuttle the current health - care proposal: Republican governors, particularly those who helped expand Medicaid in their states under the Affordable Care care proposal: Republican governors, particularly those who helped expand Medicaid in their states under the Affordable Care Care Act.

A week that U.S. Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican senators from red states blanched at its impact on rural communities.

However, since the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate was declared a tax by the U.S Supreme Court in June 2012, this provision can be eliminated as part of the 2017 tax reform that is currently progressing through both houses of the U.S. Congress.

BY BILL LOVE and ROBIN FORST Members of the Lower Manhattan Democrats (L.M.D.) were thrilled by the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — the centerpiece legislation of Barack Obama's first term as president.

Gillibrand issued a call to action and encouraged attendees to fight back against what she said were questionable federal policies — including the proposed rollback of the Affordable Care Act, which is still being deliberated by the Republican - led U.S. Senate.

Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey thinks U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei needs to focus on issues with the Affordable Care Act instead of cal...

The announcement of the new party line comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court, citing religious rights, ruled that requiring family - owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> «More than 600 people have signed up to attend a town hall - style event Friday at a local elementary school, hoping to hear U.S. Rep. John Faso speak about the Affordable Care Act, immigration reform and other current issues.

Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who chairs the powerful Committee on Finance, suggested the city could lose precious monies for the NYPD for its non-cooperation on immigration issues, while the public hospital network could suffer if the president repeals the Obama - era Affordable Care Act and the school system might lose funding under the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education - designate Betsy DeVos.

The U.S. House of Representatives» vote on the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act looms this evening, and some of New York's representatives are still on the fence.

The state's lieutenant governor said New Yorkers should be deeply worried if the U.S. Senate approves a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Miner's office started «Trump Tuesdays,» a weekly downtown gathering where locals voice concerns over presidential priorities like defunding arts agencies and barring refugees from the U.S.. She's also spoken at rallies protesting Trump's immigration orders and the GOP's initial attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

He doesn't have finely honed positions on issues; he'd like to abolish parts of the Affordable Care Act, abolish most of the U.S. Department of Education and give younger people another choice for retirement savings besides Social Security.

Health and Human services: U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury Issue Regulation on «Grandfathered» Health Plans under the Affordable Care Act press release on June 14, 2010 included the following estimates:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday criticized the U.S. Senate's version of a massive health care reform measure that would repeal the Affordable Care Act as «an ultraconservative assault» that will hurt New Ycare reform measure that would repeal the Affordable Care Act as «an ultraconservative assault» that will hurt New YCare Act as «an ultraconservative assault» that will hurt New York.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday is hammering away again at the effort on the federal level to replace the Affordable Care Act, slamming the bill in the U.S. Senate for proposed funding cuts to heroin and opioid treatment programs.

The U.S. Senate is planning a vote for a version of repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but it is unclear what the resolution will be this week.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving their effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress's nonpartisan budget analysts to fast - track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health - care spending to the staCare Act before the end of the month, asking Congress's nonpartisan budget analysts to fast - track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health - care spending to the stacare spending to the states.

With local stories pouring in each day of the very real ways the Tea Party shutdown is hurting the middle class, it's time Republicans in Congress come to grips with reality that the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land, that it was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, and that it's working.»