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When Jan. 15 passes and open enrollment closes, some types of shoppers will still be able to buy plans regardless of when they enroll. People who have a life event like moving to the state, losing their job or getting married get what’s called a “special enrollment period,” or SEP. However, the biggest exempted group that can continue shopping is those who make between the poverty level and 150% of the poverty level, or between $15,060 and $22,590 per year for a single-person household. Last year, that group formed the...

Trump to decide fate of free preventative care under ACA The Trump administration will have to decide whether to defend a key part of the Affordable Care Act, after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the law’s requirement to cover preventive services. The health law requires insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, more than 100 preventive health services recommended by the U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine who advise the Department of Health and Human Services....

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating some of the Affordable Care Act's no-cost coverage requirements for preventive care services after an appeals court sided with a Christian business that argued that some requirements would force it to violate religious convictions. In an orders list Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear the case of Becerra v. Braidwood MGMT., Inc., et al., meaning it will examine the constitutionality of several preventive care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that a lower court had overturned. Under...

The Fifth Circuit held the mandates could not be enforced because the Health and Human Services task force was unconstitutionally structured. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building is seen in Washington, on July 22, 2019. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building is seen in Washington, on July 22, 2019. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 10 to review the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act provision that allows a panel to mandate that insurers cover preventive medical...

With reports emerging that a record number of Americans have enrolled in Affordable Care Act, many of you might be wondering how you can coverage as well, and if it's even right for you in the first place. Luckily, you have a few days left to decided during the program's annual open enrollment period. You'd be forgiven for missing that the annual open enrollment period for ACA health insurance, known to many as "Obamacare," kicked off at the start of November. This period gives everyone the opportunity to get health...

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The is taking up another case that could weaken key provisions of the , on Friday. The high court has already heard three major cases that could have effectively destroyed major provisions of the ACA, popularly referred to as Obamacare: one that challenged the authority of Congress to tax nonpurchase of health insurance and compel states to expand Medicaid; one that tried to defund health insurance subsidies from any health care marketplace not managed directly by states; and one that sought to invalidate out the entirety of the ACA in...

The lawsuit takes aim at the panels of experts that advise HHS on which services must be covered without cost-sharing, arguing the panels are unconstitutional because their members are not confirmed by the Senate nor chosen by a Senate-confirmed agency head. It separately argues that certain requirements, such as insurance coverage of the HIV prevention drug PrEP and “contraceptive methods that some regard as abortifacients,” violate the religious rights of employers. Lower courts dominated by Republican appointees have backed the challengers on some of these points. The 5th U.S.

The Supreme Court will hear a case determining the fate of free preventive services under the Affordable Care Act. In a brief order issued Friday, the justices said they will consider whether members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force were constitutionally appointed. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers and group health plans to cover more than 100 preventive health services recommended by the task force, with no cost to patients.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider reinstating some preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court. The federal government appealed to the high court after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with employers who argued they can’t be forced to provide full insurance coverage for things like medication to prevent HIV and some cancer screenings. The lower-court ruling chipped away at the program sometimes referred to as Obamacare. Challengers raised religious and procedural objections to...