| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2013 |
Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343 |
Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans can pay less than $100 per month for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace (click here)
A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that 56 percent, or nearly six in ten of the people who don’t have health insurance today may be able to get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace for less than $100 per month.Beginning on October 1, individuals and families will have a new way to shop for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. They’ll be able to compare their options using side-by-side information about price, quality and benefits. With one application they’ll be able to see if they qualify for premium tax credits or Medicaid that lower the costs of coverage right away. Coverage through the Marketplace starts as early as January 1, 2014....
Some of the issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act is about specialized options through employers and unions.
This is what is transpiring in the federal government. It is called accommodation while compliance with the law is met. There are three departments working together to make this an easy transition into the Affordable Care Act.
Application of Market Reform and other Provisions of the Affordable Care Act to HRAs, Health FSAs, and Certain other Employer Healthcare Arrangements (click here)
The Departments of the Treasury (Treasury Department), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Labor (DOL) (collectively, the Departments) are continuing to work together to develop coordinated regulations and other administrative guidance to assist stakeholders with implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The guidance in this Technical Release is being issued in substantially identical form by the Treasury Department, and guidance is being issued by HHS to reflect that HHS concurs in the application of the laws under its jurisdiction as set forth in this Technical Release.
The role of the Treasury is to right regulations that will apply to tax penalties to the tax code. The HHS department is obvious. HHS rights the majority of the regulations. The Labor Department consults on the issues facing Labor Unions and Employers as related to Affordable Care Act. That is what this is all about and if IRS has to sit in House Meetings to debate what a 401(c)3, 4 and 6 are and how they are granted, then they won't be available to do the work they have to do to carry out the law.
A lot of this stuff is political mischief.
