Monday, January 23, 2017

Proposed ACA Replacement

Today several Republican Senators proposed a partial replacement of the Affordable Care Act. This bill being called the Patient Freedom Act would allow states to opt to stay with the Affordable Care Act or receive similar amounts of Federal money which consumers could use to pay for health insurance or medical care.  The purpose of the bill would be to give that power to the states of how to deal with health care and insurance.

Monday, January 16, 2017

What Changes to Expect to Health Insurance in 2017

With Donald Trump's inauguration this Friday, one hot topic news item is what is going to happen to health insurance under his administration.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Enforcement of Rules on Gender Identity

On December 31, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction, finding that the gender identity and termination of pregnancy provisions of final regulations under Section 1557 contradict existing law, exceed statutory authority and, as applied to religious entities, likely violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).