Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2021
6min1386
The lawmakers want states to stop offering corporate incentives for business relocation.
Tag: subsidies
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 […]