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How Will Obamacare Affect Those with Employer-Based Insurance?
The good news for individuals with employer-based insurance is that under the Affordable Health Care Act, their policies must include a variety of services ranging from hospitalization to free preventative services. The downside is that many employers have determined... read more
The Impact of Obamacare on Medicare Recipients
One of the groups most affected by the Affordable Health Care Act will be seniors and the disabled receiving Medicare benefits. Medicare is being singled out for extensive financial cuts through Obamacare. The Act requires Medicare recipients to shoulder a larger... read more
How Will Obamacare Affect Working Families and the Poor?
Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act promised healthcare to millions of uninsured Americans who couldn’t afford it, were unable to obtain it, or didn’t qualify for other programs. The Act expanded Medicaid, called for the establishment of insurance exchanges and... read more
The Obamacare Timeline – 2010 to 2018
The Affordable Healthcare Act, also known as Obamacare, contains almost 500 different elements. Various features of the Act were designed to take effect over the course of the next eight years, with a complete implementation date of 2018. It was one of the signature... read more
What Large (and Small) Businesses Need to Know About Obamacare
While the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) will extend the availability of healthcare services to millions of uninsured Americans, it imposes a variety of mandates on businesses of all sizes that increases the cost of doing business. Employers are not happy... read more
Impact of Obamacare on Senior Citizens
According to Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, 11,000 seniors are becoming eligible for Medicare each day. As new elements of the Affordable Healthcare Act are introduced, seniors will see changes in their Medicare coverage, out-of-pocket... read more
Obamacare – The Problem it is Trying to Solve
The goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act was fourfold: to increase access to healthcare, reduce healthcare costs, institute more consumer benefits and protections, and improve efficiency. As different portions of the Act go into effect, it... read more
The Impact of Obamacare on Physical Therapy Private Practice – Part 1
As different elements of the Affordable Health Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) unfold, it’s emerging that this law has had a radical impact on private practices of all types. In Part 1 of this THREE PART article series, founder and CEO of In Touch EMR, Nitin Chhoda... read more