Sentences with phrase «federal affordable health»

Governor Cuomo says threats in Congress to defund Obamacare won't have any effect on the federal Affordable Health Care Act going forward in New York.

He says nearly $ 3 billion dollars in savings expected from the federal Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare, could help pay for the partial takeover.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says threats in Congress to defund Obamacare won't have any effect on the federal Affordable Health Care Act going forward in New York.

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The situation is analogous to health care policy in the years before Obamacare, when, in the absence of a federal consensus, Massachusetts pioneered its own law aimed at reforming health insurance (which later became a model for the Affordable Care Act).

Private health exchanges abide by the Affordable Care Act and are designed to minimize your business» expenses while still complying with federal requirements for individuals to have health insurance.

The Vermont senator supports increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, and changing the Affordable Care Act to make health care universally available through a single - payer system administered by the federal government.

Health insurance companies are exploring new ways to diversify their revenues with acquisitions in acute care after federal regulators blocked two major mergers in the sector, and insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, came under pressure from Republicans.

The federal government is delaying until January 2015 collecting fines from certain employers that don't offer affordable health insurance to their full - timers.

In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6 - 3 that the federal subsidies that help nearly 6.4 million people pay for their Affordable Care Act health plans are legal under the Affordable Care Act.

The federal Affordable Care Act has several provisions designed to promote such efforts as a way to lower health care costs.

Idaho's governor and chief insurance regulator met with top federal health care authorities, hoping to make their case for why Idaho health insurers should be allowed to sell plans that don't comply with the Affordable Care Act.

The health insurance industry has since been transformed by the federal Affordable Care Act, handing Bertolini and other executives the opportunity to remake the companies they lead while navigating a changed environment.

Federal funding of up to $ 500,000 exists for such a center through the Affordable Care Act, which allocates money to school - based health centers to be safety net providers.

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.

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Insurance premiums for Affordable Care Act health plans are likely to jump by 35 to 94 percent around the country within the next three years, according to a new report concluding that recent federal decisions will have a profound effect on prices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand restrictions on abortion, prohibiting individuals and small businesses from claiming federal tax credits through the Affordable Care Act if their health plan includes abortion coverage.

First, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, offered federal funding for multiple health care programs through the expansion of Medicaid.

The state and federal government announced in September that Health Republic, a co-op set up by the Affordable Care Act, would be forced to wind down at the end of the year.

Unfortunately, the new Federal health insurance mandate will still leave many New Yorkers without access to affordable, quality care.

The exchange was established by the state under the federal Affordable Care Act to provide commercial health insurance or Medicaid to the state's uninsured, enrolling more than 2.1 million people.

In addition, beginning in 2017 under a Hannon bill, New Yorkers will be able to register as organ donors when they buy health insurance through the New York health exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare.

But Cuomo has decried on a broader level the Republican control of the federal government that he says will end up «cutting affordable housing, health care for the poor and food for the poor.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to bolster health care in New York as Republicans on the federal level weigh repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act is winning praise from 1199 / SEIU, a politically key health care workers union.

«In the meantime, my office will continue to defend the vital ACA subsidies in federal court for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and millions of Americans who rely on the quality, affordable health care they provide.»

Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low - income people on Medicaid, Conway said.

The House of Representatives voted to expand restrictions on abortion, prohibiting individuals and small businesses from claiming federal tax credits through the Affordable Care Act if their health plan includes abortion coverage.

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 states.

11.6 million had purchased their plans through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace or state - based exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act

Interestingly, the Senate GOP has balked at creating a health care exchange here in New York, which is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (unless states want the federal government to step in and create one for them).

-- The budget approves the creation of a Basic Health Program, an insurance program available under the Affordable Care Act that provides insurance for people whose incomes are between 138 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

The Affordable Care Act allowed states that embraced the health home model to receive a 90 percent match from the federal government for the first two years, another enticement for the Cuomo administration as it looked for ways to rein in costs.

A California federal judge refused to make the Trump administration immediately resume reimbursement of Affordable Care Act subsidies for health insurance copays and deductibles.

Stymied in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump is poised to issue an order that could ease some federal rules governing health insurance and make it easier for people to band together and buy coverage on their own, administration officials said.

Connecticut joined Massachusetts, California and Kentucky in filing a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration's move to stop $ 7 billion in federal subsidy payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

Macielak said that unlike the federal Affordable Care Act, which works within the current for - profit system while expanding the pool of those covered, the single - payer plan would dissolve the private health care industry, a structure with a proven record of providing care.

He says other costs are also rising, including providing health care under the federal Affordable Care Act, and New York's high worker's compensation costs

But what is the alternative as Republicans seek to do away with the Affordable Care Act and Democrats admit the federal health care system is flawed?

And under the House's version of the Affordable Health Care Act, passed in May along party lines, Medicaid would shift from an open - ended entitlement program to a program in which states receive a fixed amount of federal funds for each beneficiary.

The co-op, Health Republic Insurance of New York, was one of the member - owned and - operated not - for - profit insurance companies created with federal tax dollars through the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

No corner of the health care system would be harder hit than Medicaid, the federal - state health insurance program for the poor, if Republican leaders in Congress round up the votes to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued the following executive order today establishing The New York Health Benefit Exchange that will help individuals and small businesses secure health insurance as part of the federal Affordable CarHealth Benefit Exchange that will help individuals and small businesses secure health insurance as part of the federal Affordable Carhealth insurance as part of the federal Affordable Care Act.

Statewide, some 200,000 customers used Health Republic, a member - owned - and - operated nonprofit created with $ 250 million in federal money through the Affordable Care Act.

Recent federal laws including the Affordable Care Act have introduced nationwide coverage mandates, including «parity» mandates requiring that coverage of mental health care be equal to coverage of general health care.

The lobbying group Research!America summed it up in March when it gave Obey an award: «Obey has been a driving force behind strengthening federal investments in medical research and in expanding access to affordable health care.»

This issue brief, which was funded by the Commonwealth Fund, notes that the federal health reform law might help as many as six million «lawfully present» immigrants either find affordable health insurance through health insurance exchanges or enroll in Medicaid.

Yoon said some of the funding made possible by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which includes $ 460 million for community mental health services for states to use, may help other states to create similar programs.

The authors analyzed two key policy issues — the level of federal grant funding and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)-- and examined the impact of various levels of support on health center capacity.

The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.

The federal health care bill which is a repeal of the Affordable Care Act is calling for $ 880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next ten years.