News
National Journal | Republicans Unveil Their Obamacare Replacement
A trio of Senate Republicans on Monday introduced their plan to replace Obamacare with a new system that is built largely around making individuals responsible for a higher portion of their health care costs.
FOX Business | What Deadline? Most Americans Unaware of ObamaCare Deadline
The White House, lawmakers, policy analysts and the health-care and insurance industries are all keeping a watchful eye on March 31 as it brings to an end the enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act.But that’s about all who is aware of the approaching deadline—which could be a problem since the law relies on consumer participation.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CRS | Individual Mandate under ACA
Beginning in 2014, ACA requires most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or otherwise pay a penalty. Specifically, most individuals will be required to maintain minimum essential coverage, which is a term defined in ACA and its implementing regulations and includes most private and public coverage (e.g., employer-sponsored coverage, individual coverage, Medicare, and Medicaid, among others).
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | New Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Say Obamacare Is Poorly Performing
Roughly two-thirds of Americans polled in a new survey by the Associated Press-GfK say the health law isn’t doing well. Of the respondents who have tried, or live with someone who tried to sign up for health coverage through Obamacare’s state or federal-run insurance exchanges, 71 percent had problems, the AP said in a news article about the poll.
