Tag: ACA
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Twenty States File Lawsuit against Government for the Affordable Care Act
Twenty states, including Alabama, have formed a coalition to file a lawsuit against the government claiming that the Affordable Care Act is now unconstitutional. According to the lawsuit, the states are claiming that since the GOP eliminated the tax penalty associated with the individual mandate, ObamaCare itself is no longer constitutional. The Tax Cuts and…
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Judge Rejects Bid to Revive ACA Subsidies
A federal judge has denied several states’ attempt to compel the Trump administration to continue paying cost-sharing reduction payments. Attorney generals from 18 states and the District of Columbia had filed a motion in the U.S. District Court seeking a temporary injunction that would reinstate the payments, which the administration decided to end earlier this…
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Tentative Bipartisan Deal Reached to Restore CSR Payments
Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan deal “in principle” to restore Obamacare cost-sharing reduction payments for two years in exchange for more state flexibility in the health care act. The proposed plan would also restore more than $100 million in funding for health care outreach. The bipartisan bill gained momentum later in…
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The Medical Association Supports Replacement of ACA with Workable Health Care System
The Medical Association released its 2017 Legislative Agendas earlier this year, which were developed with guidance from the House of Delegates and great contribution from our physician members who participated in the 2017 Legislative Agenda Survey. The Medical Association has continued to express support for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and its replacement…
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UPDATE: No Vote on Senate Health Care Bill Before July 4
REVISED June 28, 2017: Although Senate Republicans had initially promised a vote on its “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017,” now it appears that will not be the case prior to the July 4 recess. With the release of the Congressional Budget Office report on the act, it did not appear there would be enough support…
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New American Health Care Act Comes Under Fire
Earlier this week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee released legislation as part of the House Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Although the legislation cleared its first hurdle with a lengthy, contentious markup session that began Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved the American Health Care Act. The House…
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U.S. House Leaders Outline Plan to Repeal/Replace Obamacare
Earlier this week, House Republican leaders presented outlines of a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, leaning heavily on tax credits to finance individual insurance purchases and sharply reducing federal payments to the 31 states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility. While GOP leaders opined that the plan would not “pull the rug out from…