Tag: Obamacare
Neronha issues warning on dangers of ‘junk’ insurance plans
PROVIDENCE – As open enrollment continues, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is advising caution against limited benefit, or “junk,” health insurance plans.
These plans may at first seem similar...
Health care compromise appears far off as the government shutdown stalemate...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years:...
Obamacare consumer protections enacted in state law
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers have taken steps to enact many of the consumer protections of the federal Affordable Care Act in state law, in...
Record 16.3M seek health coverage through ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (AP) – A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first...
Are you ready to return to workplace? Not so fast
Rhode Island businesses yearning to get back to a pre-COVID-19 normal should not get their hopes up yet, particularly in light of a recent...
We’ve nearly returned to our uninsured past
Remember the uninsured? Those 45 million among us dominated the 2008 presidential campaign, then the 2012 campaign. What could the nation do? We had...
Grim U.S. stats we can do something about
COVID-19 has plunged us into the Age of Impotence. A government that once upon a time spearheaded the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after...
Beware of the retroactive denial
Behold another entry in the arcana of insurance fine print: retroactive denial.
Your insurer OKs a procedure: we all know the importance of getting prior...
Use simple economics to contain health costs
Spending on U.S. health care is out of control, expanding steadily from 5% of gross domestic product in 1960 to 18% in 2018. There...
The status quo on health care is a sure disaster
Cassandra, of Greek mythology, predicted disaster. As Democrats debate Medicare for All versus the public option versus expanded “Obamacare” versus a yet-unnamed option, the...
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