The affect of Trump’s executive order won’t be felt for at least six months. The reason is that the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury all need to change current regulations. In order to changed those regulations, the departments must follow the federal rule making process. This means there will be, at… Continue reading Trump’s Health Care Executive Order Explained
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Black Lives Matter
The verdict for this episode is: my Facebook post about all lives matter was wrong. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Facebook_post.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:46 — 4.9MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program Explained
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is administered by the individual states within broad federal guidelines. Chip is jointly funded by the federal government and the individual state governments.
Graham-Cassidy Explained
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are mounting one last effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Their bill would make the following changes.
How Trump Could Hurt the Affordable Care Act
The verdict for this episode is: Trump won’t defund the individual insurance marketplaces. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Cost_Sharing.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:01 — 2.8MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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Cost Sharing Reduction Explained
Trump is once again threatening to destroy Obamacare by withholding payments the government is scheduled to make to insurance companies. The payments are called cost sharing reduction payments.
How Medicare is funded
Medicare’s funding comes from two trust funds held by the United States Department of the Treasury. The money in the two trust fund accounts can only be used for Medicare.
Millions Rely on Obamacare
In 2017, 12.2 million Americans are getting their health insurance through marketplaces created by Obamacare.