29 Million Still Uninsured
Just under 29 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2017, according to data released Wednesday and Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Health Insurance
After Four Years of Obamacare Implementation, Uninsured Rate Hits 12.2%
After four years of Affordable Care Act implementation, the percentage of adults with no health care insurance has hit 12.2 percent in the last quarter of 2017, according to data from Gallup.
Labor Rule Aims to Help 11 Million Americans Find Employer Health Coverage
On Thursday, the Department of Labor announced a new rule that aims to help 11 million Americans find coverage by giving more flexibility to employers to offer health insurance coverage.
RNC Gives Kimmel, Senate Dems an ‘F’ on Telling the Truth About CHIP
The Republican National Committee said this week that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and Senate Democrats have been making “false claims” and “distorting the truth” about congressional efforts to renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, citing recent news reports and the Washington Post fact checker.
Kimmel Attacks GOP for Putting CHIP Funding on Back Burner While Negotiating Tax Plan
Washington Post Gives Schumer ‘Two Pinocchios’ for Misleading Claim About GOP Tax Plan
The Washington Post fact checker gave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) “two Pinocchios” for claiming Wednesday that the Senate Republican tax plan is “kicking 13 million people off health insurance to give tax cuts to the wealthy” by adding a repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate to the most recent version of the bill.
5.8 Million Uninsured Are Eligible For Cheaper Insurance But May Continue to Opt For Penalty Instead
There are 5.8 million uninsured individuals who could purchase an Obamacare plan for less than the cost of the penalty for not having health insurance, according to a report from Kaiser Family Foundation.
Report: Obamacare Premiums Up 37% As Health Insurer Participation Declines
The average monthly premium for Obamacare’s second-lowest cost silver plan, otherwise known as the benchmark plan, is up 37 percent from 2017, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump on Bipartisan Health Care Deal: I ‘Can Never’ Support Bailing Out Insurance Companies That Profited From Obamacare
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is “supportive of” Sen. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) as a person and for the role he played in reaching a bipartisan health care deal, but added that he does not support the agreement because it “bails out” insurance companies that profited from Obamacare.
Health Insurers in Pennsylvania Request Average Premium Rate Hikes of 31%
Obamacare plan premiums may increase an average of 30.6 percent in Pennsylvania next year due to health care insurers rate hike requests, according to the state’s acting insurance commissioner.
