The Next Chapter of Obamacare

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1. Supreme Court Takes the Obamacare Subsidy Case–Justices Will Rule Before July 1 In a Wow moment, the Supreme Court announced Friday that they will take one of the four pending "Halbig" cases––specifically King v. Burwell. The issue is over whether the new health law actually authorizes the payment of premium subsidies in the 37 states that will rely upon the federal government to run their exchange in 2015. This effort is being made on a number of fronts but has been...
2. Figures Don’t Lie But Liars Figure––Will There Be Some Obamacare Rate Shock in 2015? Hanging around actuaries as long as I have one of the old sayings I picked up was, "Figures don't lie, but liars figure." I have read one story after another this summer and fall about the modest Obamacare rates increases––or decreases––for 2015. On this blog you have also seen me write about the complex way the 2015 Obamacare rates will hit people particularly because of the impact the changes...
3. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Medicaid Policy––and Now His Position Not to Save Insurance Subsidies if the Supreme Court Strikes Them… Speaking to a conservative group in Wisconsin this week, presumptive presidential candidate Scott Walker said he would not move to establish a state exchange in order to preserve the Obamacare federal insurance exchange subsidies if the Supreme Court strikes them down in an expected June ruling: We're going to push back. The President of the United States––they've got to come up with a solution....
4. The New York Times: Has Obamacare Enrollment Stalled? Readers of this blog know that I have made a number of points about Obamacare in recent months: The number of people signing up for Obamacare is well below the level necessary to make the rates stable over the long-term––the longstanding insurance industry standard calls for getting 75{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of an eligible group in order to have enough healthy people in the pool to pay the costs of the sick people. I...
5. Obamacare is "Working a Little Better Than We Expected"––Judge for Yourself Here is what President Obama said in a recent video, "The Affordable Care Act is working. It's working a little better than we expected." On Tuesday, the administration announced that 11.4 million people signed up for Obamacare in the second open enrollment. That number is higher than the number that will ultimately pay for their coverage and complete the enrollment. Even after they complete...