by admin | Mar 26, 2019 | Healthcare Reform, Insurance Laws, Obamacare, Politics, Uncategorized
(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is hardening its legal position toward Obamacare, arguing now the entire law is unconstitutional in a shift that promises to bring the issue to the forefront of the 2020 election campaign. The position is a change for the Justice... by admin | Aug 24, 2018 | Healthcare Reform, Illinois Health Insurance, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Illinois Health Insurance Laws, Insurance News
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid program to reimburse behavioral and mental health providers for telehealth. The bill was one of five signed into law this week by Rauner, all designed to improve access to mental... by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Ambetter, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Cigna, Illinois Health Insurance, Insurance Laws, Obamacare
In Illinois, nearly half of the roughly 314,000 people who bought Obamacare health insurance coverage last year did so with the help of a federal subsidy. Nationwide, the tally is higher: on average 57 percent of the 10.3 million people with such a plan, according to... 
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Harken Health, Health Systems, Illinois Health Insurance, Illinois Health Insurance Exchange, Insurance News, Land of Lincoln
Land of Lincoln Health, a struggling Chicago health insurer, will drop the University of Chicago’s medical center and affiliated doctors from its insurance network March 1, an unexpected change that has upset some customers. The move comes after some customers... by Admin | Jul 1, 2014 | Insurance Laws, Insurance News, Obamacare
June 30 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s health-care law, ruling that closely held companies can refuse on religious grounds to offer birth- control coverage to their workers. Voting 5-4, the justices today said... by Admin | Mar 5, 2014 | Insurance Laws, Insurance News, Obamacare
March 5 (Bloomberg) — Americans who kept their health plans that didn’t comply with Obamacare requirements will be able to renew those policies for two more years, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Obama administration, which has been...