Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2021
6min1386
The lawmakers want states to stop offering corporate incentives for business relocation.
Tag: subsidiesJoint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine briefs members of the media Sunday morning on the U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. Image via The Associated Press.
Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2021
Associated PressOctober 15, 2017
8min279
President Donald Trump‘s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that was benefiting roughly 6 million Americans helps fulfill a campaign promise, but it also risks harming some of the very people who helped him win the presidency. Nearly 70 percent of those benefiting from the so-called cost-sharing subsidies live in states […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 25, 2015
4min250
In a major victory for the Obama administration, tax subsidies are available to all those who enroll in an Obamacare plan whether it was purchased through a state or federal health insurance exchange, the Supreme Court said in a 6-3 ruling, affirming the decision of the Fourth Circuit court. The decision in King v. Burwell would have jeopardized upward […]
Marc YachtJune 17, 20154min197
The Florida House’s rejection of Medicaid expansion money affects more than just the poor. A recent Tampa Bay Times editorial outlined 25 reasons to accept the federal money. Because of House members’ rejection, 800,000 low-income Floridians are now shut out of health care coverage. Many working poor who now pay high premiums for Obamacare face […]
Christine Jordan SextonDecember 3, 2014
4min211
It’s not a state-created “exchange” as envisioned in the federal health law but it does want to be the “marketplace” where Floridians and small businesses go to purchase health insurance, including so-called Obamacare plans. Florida Health Choices — which has enrolled 49 people since past Spring when it first started offering discount medical plans and […]