Sentences with phrase «paying obamacare»

Some of these people may have decided paying the Obamacare penalty for this tax year was a more cost - effective move.

The move came in contrast to other insurers, who have blamed Republicans for creating instability by not guaranteeing to continue paying Obamacare cost - sharing subsidies next year.

However, people in the Medicaid gap qualify for an exemption so they do not have to pay any Obamacare uninsured tax.

Term insurance enrollees may also have to pay the Obamacare uninsured penalty since term health insurance plans are not considered to be qualified health plans, but there are many exemptions from the penalty.

People that do not have a qualified health plan may have to pay an Obamacare uninsured tax.

Consumers in the Medicaid gap do not have to pay the Obamacare uninsured tax, so they can choose whether to buy health insurance.

Term health insurance plans are not considered to be qualified health plans under the Affordable Care Act, so enrollees in term insurance plans have to pay the Obamacare uninsured penalty, unless they qualify for an exemption.

Not exact matches

Here's the TL; DR version: Repeal of the mandate would drive up premiums in Obamacare's markets, but federal subsidies would still have to be paid out to those who qualify.

It's not yet clear what judgment voters will render on Obamacare in the midterm elections in November, but for now McConnell's strategy seems to have paid off.

The Trump administration's moves on Obamacare last week — including the decision to stop paying subsidies meant to lower low - income enrollees» out - of - pocket medical costs to insurance companies — have dominated health care headlines.

Furthermore, the CBO expects the Senate's health bill to substantially raise Americans» out - of - pocket medical costs by slashing Obamacare's mandated benefits and rolling back assistance to poorer and sicker people, as well as discouraging some low - income Americans from buying insurance in the first place (the BCRA would nix Obamacare's requirement that people carry coverage or pay a fine).

A number of prominent GOP Senators, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, are sounding a defiant note on President Trump's proposal to end Obamacare payments to insurance companies — payments that help reduce the deductibles and out - of - pocket costs paid by low - income Americans who purchase a mid-level «Silver» plan in Obamacare's markets.

Trump reiterated his concerns Monday, tweeting, «If ObamaCare is hurting people, & it is, why shouldn't it hurt the insurance companies & why should Congress not be paying what public pays?»

A scoop from Politico's Dan Diamond and Joanne Kenen: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have already paid for Obamacare advertisements into February, meaning that television and digital ads for Healthcare.gov will keep running even as Donald Trump and a GOP Congress work to dismantle the law (sorry, the Politico article is available by pay subscription only.)

In 2026, under Obamacare, a 64 - year - old who earns $ 26,500 a year and faces a typical premium of $ 15,500 would pay just $ 1,700.

But now that Obamacare is ensuring health care providers get paid for better outcomes rather than the number of visits a patient makes to the doctor, you can be sure hospitals will be using data to make sure they're delivering the best treatment they can.

In a strange twist, many consumers shopping for health insurance during the current Obamacare enrollment period can actually get even cheaper coverage thanks to President Trump's decision to cut off certain subsidies paid to insurance companies.

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But there's one big exception: A majority of young Americans dislike «Obamacare's» requirement that all Americans buy insurance or pay a fine.

That's because the AHCA actually maintains Obamacare's «essential health benefit» provisions requiring insurers to cover services such as maternity and mental health care, as well as a cap on how much consumers can be made to pay out of pocket in any given year.

The U.S. health care system (both today and under Obamacare) is skewed to favor large group insurance, while smaller groups and individuals end up paying far more.

Under Obamacare, the preferred model is value based — that is, hospitals get paid not to treat patients but to keep them healthy and avoid treatment.

During his first State of the Union address in February, Trump said that Congress had «repealed the core of disastrous Obamacare,» citing the nixing of the health law's individual mandate (which requires Americans to either carry insurance or pay a tax penalty) that passed alongside the recent GOP tax overhaul.

One of the easiest ways to ensure that Obamacare does «explode,» as President Donald Trump has repeatedly predicted it will, would be to stop paying insurers a specific type of subsidy meant to reduce lower - income Americans» out - of - pocket medical costs.

Health insurance premiums rose, in some cases heftily, in many Obamacare markets as insurers prepared for Trump to end critical federal subsidies that help pay for consumers» out - of - pocket medical costs (a move the president eventually made) and the repeal of the individual mandate.

The Obama administration had already paid for a last - minute television and digital advertising spree to cover the final weeks of open enrollment for Obamacare.

But, under Obamacare, part - time workers conceivably can have the same amount of take - home pay and health insurance to boot, according to University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan, who wrote about the situation recently in The New York Times.

However, there are reports that the GOP's newest plan is a so - called «skinny repeal» — legislation that would undo: Obamacare's individual mandate requiring people to carry health insurance or pay a penalty; a mandate on employers to cover full time workers; and a tax on medical device companies.

A recent Commonwealth Fund study co-authored by Collins looked at how much low - income people, who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid if their state had expanded the program, would pay in premiums and out - of - pocket health costs if they enrolled in «silver» Obamacare plans and if they were «medium» users of health care.

The bill would scrap Obamacare's provision that requires most Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, beginning in 2019.

Louisiana, prior to expansion, had about 192,000 people in a coverage gap — that is, they earned too little to qualify for subsidies to help pay for private Obamacare insurance but too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid.

But it remains to be seen whether the Republican bet on tax reform will pay off in a way Obamacare did not.

Hey, somebody has to pay for all that Obamacare and immediate eligibility for S.S. and Medicare for all the «New Americans» arriving!

An average of 10 million customers had enrolled and paid for Obamacare individual insurance as of Sept. 15, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday, down from 12.2 million who signed up at the beginning of the year.

Prop 61 would not change how Medicare, job - based health plans, or Obamacare plans pay for their drugs.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander and Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, have partnered with Democrats on bills that would reel in rate hikes by resuming reimbursements for insurers who pick up low - income customers costs on the Obamacare exchanges and freeing up billions for a «reinsurance» program that blunts the cost of customers with big claims, so others don't have to pay more.

I have American cousins who would kill for our health care, because even with «Obamacare» they still pay a lot for healthcare because private profit takes precedence over providing affordable healthcare.

But that was a price many Republicans were willing to pay to get a win against Obamacare and help pass enormous tax cuts for businesses and wealthy Americans.

Old people also don't like Obamacare because it's being paid for, apparently, by cutting Medicare.

No Obamacare is a socialist medical care system that steals from the peopel with insurance to pay for those without.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

All persons enrolled in insurance plans in State Exchanges that include elective abortion coverage to pay a separate premium straight from their paychecks to fund all types of elective abortion (ObamaCare Sec. 1303 (b)(1) & (2), Pg.

Obamacare simply transfers who pays for healthcare without addressing what is pushing healthcare costs higher and higher.

I think this aphorism is relevant to Obamacare's prescription that each of us be required legally to buy health insurance — and perhaps even face jail — for refusing to do so and pay the resulting fine.

On a final note, by implementing $ 1 / month abortions, [11] Obamacare has upended longstanding law prohibiting the use of taxpayer money for abortions, [12] by requiring that taxpayers fund abortions through private pay insurance.

If I were a state governor, I would refuse to expand Medicaid under Obamacare because that is how the Feds seduce states into making financial commitments they can't afford — pay for it at first and then later, pull out the rug.

If Obamacare said «We are not going to pay for abortions, if you want insurance to cover it, you have to purchase it outside the exchange».

In 2015 obamacare destroys the healthcare fee reimbursement system in America; right after the tax is paid, it will be challenged.

No, momoya, it's about out of control insurance costs going ever higher because more and more is mandated to be covered, it's about tax exempt groups being in effect taxed via mandates and indeed mandated to pay things that go directly contrary to their philosophy, it's about disingenuous mumblers on the left talking incoherently about people being «forced» not to use contraception when (a) no one is forcing them to affiliate with the organization balking at the mandate, (b) no one is preventing them from buying contraception on their own dime and (c) no one is preventing them from buying their own health insurance plans, something MANY will have to do when Obamacare kicks in for real.

An estimated 32 million Americans could lose health insurance if «Obamacare» is struck down, including children who can stay on their parents» insurance until they are 26 and seniors who get help paying for their drug prescriptions.