The ACA/Obamacare: Predictability and Practicality

With all the news and among the conjecture, punditry and analysis that fits any twenty-four hour news cycle, I wondered with a few colleagues the other day, how predictable the events current with Obamacare were.  Americans being who we are, our collective political memories and policy memories are short.  I too, often find even the recent … Read more

Obamacare/ACA: Implications for Consumers

Having jumped around just a bit in the last few weeks “topically”, this post may seem a bit disjointed.  It is meant as a continuation of a series I’ve compiled on the various implications providers, consumers, etc. can/will experience under the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare).  Given the news cycle of late and the recent roll-out of … Read more

The ACA, Funding Resolutions and the Shut Down

For readers approximating my age, a commercial slogan ties to the title of this post: “Is it real or is it Memorex”.  In this current round of Washington political maneuvering and on display dysfunction lies the question;  is the ACA issue real or is it a tool for political posturing?  Is this a real “red … Read more

Obamacare/ACA: Implications for Providers

This is the second post of a four-part series on the status and implications of the continuing roll-forward/roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).  In this post, the context is the implications for providers, given the evolving state of the ACA and some of the current uncertainty of its future. Important to note: Affirmatively, the … Read more

Obamacare/ACA: Where it is at, why and where next

A number of my regular readers and clients routinely ask for my thoughts/analysis on where the Reform Act/Affordable Care Act/Obamacare is at, particularly in-light of the recent one-year delay in the employer mandate.  Given the complexity of this subject and the scope of the overall law, a single post won’t cover the subject adequately.  In compiling … Read more