Inter-agencies Disagreement on Tax Credit

According to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service), almost $11 billion in the Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTC) was paid to insurers in Fiscal Year 2014. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the new refundable tax credit (at the center of a legal challenge to be decided by the Supreme Court this month). The actual amount of the PTC that taxpayers are entitled to receive is based on their actual income and family size reported on their annual tax return, which can be different from the estimates used by the Exchange to determine the allowable APTC, reveals an audit. 

Free Health Preventive Services

WASHINGTON, DC (PR) - Nationwide, about 137 million individuals, including 55 million women and 28 million children, have private health insurance that covers recommended preventive services without cost sharing, according to a new ASPE Data Point from the Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most health plans are required to provide coverage for recommended preventive health care services without copays. Increased access to preventive services can reduce and prevent costly chronic diseases and help Americans live healthier lives. 

Asegurados arriesgan cobertura médica

ATLANTA, GA - Aproximadamente 20.000 residentes de Georgia que compraron planes a través del Mercado de Seguros Médicos necesitan actualizar su información de estatus migratorio o ciudadanía para seguir cubiertos.

Gov. Deal Identity Crisis

Governor Nathan Deal not implementing the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is opening Georgia state controlled Medicaid to the federal government to do whatever its pleases. That inaction of the state government will allow intrusion of the Feds so hard fought by Republicans governments in more than twenty states. It is seems Gov. Deal wants independence from the Feds but not so. Republican obstructionists blame the Obama administration for almost everything is wrong in the country, then leave open to his administration to intervene on those things they want to repeal. Crisis of identity or just plain foolishness. Why not repealing SB 31?

Obamacare on Life Support

"Nothing in our opinion precludes Congress from offering funds under the ACA to expand the availability of health care, and requiring that states accepting such funds comply with the conditions on their use. What Congress is not free to do is to penalize States that choose not to participate in that new program by taking away their existing Medicaid funding." US Supreme Court, 5 to 4, ruling on the Affordable Care Act.

Suprema de EE.UU en supremo apuro

La Corte Suprema de Justicia de los Estados Unidos de América se halla en una encrucijada política ante las elecciones generales del 6 de noviembre del 2012. Si falla a favor de los republicanos en su afán por declarar inconstitucional la ley sanitaria Affordable Care Act (ACA) le daría motivos al electorado liberal apático para ir en masas a reelegir al presidente Obama. Si falla en contra de los republicanos los partidarios de Obama tendrán más ganas aún en reelegirlo. La SB 1070 tiene el mismo doble filo.

Unapologetic Rush: Pregnancy is a Desease

Freedom of religion, freedom of speech vs. woman's health 

Democrats Ready For A Comeback

I know all of us are fed up with the Republican debates, the Republican ideas, and the waste of millions of dollars in negative advertising. How about [Rick] Santorum’s latest edict that President [Barack] Obama’s call for a college education is an attack on religion! The other side of the coin is the 180 degree turns by [Mitt] Romney, claiming he is against affordable health care for Americans having instituted this very same thing when he was governor of Massachusetts!

Not The End of ObamaCare

A majority (55%) of the public believes that parts of the health reform law will still be implemented even if the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate, while 30% think a ruling against the mandate effectively will mean the end of the entire law.

Green Light to Build Reactors at Vogtle

Tim Echols, Public Service Commissioner announced on January 26 in a radio interview the approval of the operating license that authorizes the construction of two more nuclear power reactors at Plant Vogtle. The official notification came on February 8, 2012. While many in Georgia condemned SB 31 and the building of both reactors, such as the AARP, representative Paul Broun, R-10th District, applauded the decision of the Obama administration.

Striking Down "Obamacare"

(Washington, D.C.)  Congressman Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) released a statement after filing an amicus brief in conjunction with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) which argued that the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit "was correct in striking down the individual mandate portion of Obamacare, but that it also should have declared the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional."