Before the passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there was a variety of ways for all citizens in each state of the union to receive and benefit from the medical care that was in place. Most states had Medicaid health insurance plans that were specific for children of all ages, our senior […]

Written into the health pages of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a little-known and understood passage for the federal government to penalize the sanctity of marriage. Now, of course, there is no congressional representative who will openly admit to this, but it was written in just the same. This small, out-of-the-way passage […]

The pride and joy of the government has been recently born and it is incrementally causing havoc from coast to coast. We the people are now expected to purchase an insurance policy not that will help we the people, but that will fill the half-empty coffers of the government pockets. So the federal government has […]

Wrapped inside the pages of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a passage that reflects upon how long-term medical care will be dealt with in the years to come. There is a passage that represents the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act or CLASS, as it will be called. This part of […]

COBRA insurance has been a great stopgap measure for all employees enrolled in the temporary insurance program. This is a last resort when an employee finds himself or herself in a position of being fired or laid off. In most cases, the COBRA health insurance, which is offered through the current employer, is a relatively […]

Operational state insurance exchanges were a concept to be born out of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Originally, these state insurance agencies were to be operated by the federal government, but planted in every state of the union. Individuals in search of low-cost health insurance were to be permitted to cross state lines […]

Hidden in the passages of the health care reform bill that was signed in March 2010 there is a small entry made with regard to Medicaid patients who are twenty-one years old and older. The problem is not so much with the list of changes that will be instituted by January 2014 as it is […]

One of the areas of self-employed health insurance is with the health insurance exchange when it is set up and operational. This may seem to be a vital avenue to travel down and enroll, but when you begin to look closer, you will find disappointment. The healthcare exchanges that are a vision within The Patient […]

Health insurance and primary care stability across the nation will see many changes over the next few years as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act becomes effective. One of the main topics for discussion is the new reach into rural areas around the country that were void of primary care clinics. This may be […]

Written into The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are a few provisions detailing who in the country are going to be responsible for paying for the cost of this universal health care or single payer insurance. There are a few areas of the medical health reform bill dedicated to taking money from one group […]