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CMS projects next decade of health expenditures: 5 takeaways
By Ayla Ellison National health spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 through 2025, with expenditures projected to hit $5.5 trillion in 2025, according to new estimates from CMS’ Office of the…
First Proposed ACA Rule Changes
By: Jen McCormick, Esq. Today we got our first new proposed ACA rule changes from the Trump Administration. One of the proposals was to decrease the open enrollment window for individuals to sign up on the insurance exchanges. Specifically, the…
IRS loosening enforcement of ObamaCare mandate
By Peter Sullivan The IRS says it will not reject tax forms from people who fail to answer whether they had health insurance, a sign of loosening up on enforcement of ObamaCare’s individual mandate. Tax forms ask people whether they…
A Canadian Pays Cash for Care
In spite of the fact that I did not use insurance at all, we can still take my personal experience as a case study about the benefits of real-time payment for medical care. As I see it, there are three…
Humana Plans to Pull Out of Obamacare’s Insurance Exchanges
By REED ABELSON Humana announced on Tuesday that it would no longer offer health insurance coverage in the state marketplaces created under the federal health care law, becoming the first major insurer to cast a no-confidence vote over selling individual…
Land of 10,000 Stories: Cop and Homeless Veteran
wkyc.com CLEVELAND – Big medical bills are a problem for many Americans. But few services deliver a bigger surprise hit than a life-saving ride on an air ambulance. Here in Northeast Ohio, we found dozens of court battles with one…
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