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Administration Caves On Scheduled MA Cuts

In February, the Obama administration announced proposed Medicare Advantage (MA) rates that officials said could mean payment reductions of 1.9 percent for the private plans in the popular program that covers 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries.
Under intense pressure from the insurance industry and in the midst of a busy election season, during which cuts to the program promise to be a key focus for politicians and voters, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Monday that they were shelving the controversial MA cuts and instead increasing payments by 0.4 percent.
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Many Americans’ Insurance Cancelled Due To Obamacare

With the focus on the opponents of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA, aka Obamacare) impact on the government shutdown drama in the rearview mirror and the abject failure of the health insurance exchange website center stage since its attempted launch, the law is now also garnering wide spread coverage for something unrelated to troubles with its online insurance marketplace. […]

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Florida PPACA ‘Navigator’ Grants Total $7.8 Million

In order to educate the public on the looming major implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA, aka Obamacare) health insurance options and walk the consumers through the enrollment process, Health and Human Services (HHS) has earmarked up to $67 million in grants for enrollment and outreach workers called “navigators,” with $7.8 million going to organizations in Florida. […]