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📣🎉 REMINDER: #ACA enrollment is BACK and this time it's a #BFD! Here's 10 important things to remember when you #GetCovered:
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1. MILLIONS WHO DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL HELP BEFORE DO NOW...AND IT COULD SAVE YOU *THOUSANDS* OF DOLLARS!!
(and those who already qualified are now eligible for *more* help!)
(and those who already qualified are now eligible for *more* help!)
This table shows the financial help sliding scale under the #ACA (which cuts off help for middle-class enrollees)...and under the #AmRescuePlan, which covers 100% of the premiums for millions of people & caps them at no more than 8.5% EVEN FOR MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS: 
📣🎉 #ACA enrollment is BACK, and this time it's a #BigFrigginDeal!
Here's 10 important things to remember when you #GetCovered! acasignups.net/21/04/23/aca-e…
Here's 10 important things to remember when you #GetCovered! acasignups.net/21/04/23/aca-e…
1. MILLIONS WHO DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL HELP BEFORE DO NOW...AND IT COULD SAVE YOU *THOUSANDS* OF DOLLARS!!
(and those who already qualified are now eligible for *more* help!)
(and those who already qualified are now eligible for *more* help!)
This table shows the financial help sliding scale under the #ACA (which cuts off help for middle-class enrollees)...and under the #AmRescuePlan, which covers 100% of the premiums for millions of people & caps them at no more than 8.5% EVEN FOR MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS:
🎉📣 UPDATED: Now that the #AmRescuePlan has made it through final passage, these graphs and tables are going to be extremely important for the next two years (and hopefully permanently!): 1/ acasignups.net/21/03/10/new-h…
📣 Under the #AmRescuePlan, #ACA enrollees who ALREADY receive financial subsidies will see savings of up to $3,000/year or more on average...
...and enrollees who AREN'T currently eligible for subsidies would see savings of up to $17,000/year or more.
That's not a typo. 2/
...and enrollees who AREN'T currently eligible for subsidies would see savings of up to $17,000/year or more.
That's not a typo. 2/
📣 Expanded #ACA subsidies under the #AmRescuePlan are to be *retroactive* to the beginning of 2021, which means *current* enrollees are supposed to receive the extra subsidies dating back to Jan 1! They may be applied to future premiums *or* as part of a tax refund next year. 3/
🚨 REMINDER: The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release one or more opinions TOMORROW MORNING. This may include the fate of the Affordable Care Act. 1/
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Oral argument *seemed* to go well for the #ACA last November, and the consensus opinion is that #SCOTUS will either throw the case out or, at worst, order the mandate language stricken while leaving the rest intact...which would be mildly irritating but otherwise fine. 2/
HOWEVER, there's 4 *other* possible rulings:
1. They kick it back down to the district court again.
2. They strike down guaranteed issue & community rating only.
3. They strike down most of the law but leave oddball provisions in place.
4. They kill the entire law. 3/
1. They kick it back down to the district court again.
2. They strike down guaranteed issue & community rating only.
3. They strike down most of the law but leave oddball provisions in place.
4. They kill the entire law. 3/
🚨 Here we go again: The decision on the #TexasFoldEm lawsuit deciding the fate of the #ACA *may* (or may not) be on the agenda a week from today.
AS A REMINDER, Congress still has one shot to #MootTheSuit before SCOTUS issues their decision...but at this point it seems like everyone involved is taking it as a given that the law will be upheld after all.
Praying "everyone" is correct. 🙏
acasignups.net/21/02/05/democ…
Praying "everyone" is correct. 🙏
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Er, make that six days from now, not a week.
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Note: This doesn't mean the #TexasFoldEm case is over; all it means is that the DoJ is now formally DEFENDING the #ACA instead of siding with the GOP plaintiffs.
The case was already heard by SCOTUS in November. The decision is expected sometime this spring or summer.
The case was already heard by SCOTUS in November. The decision is expected sometime this spring or summer.
The other option is for Dems to #MootTheSuit via simple legislation to either:
1. ⬆️ the mandate penalty back to $1 or more
2. Formally state that the mandate can be ✂️
3.❌ the mandate language itself:
acasignups.net/21/02/05/democ…
1. ⬆️ the mandate penalty back to $1 or more
2. Formally state that the mandate can be ✂️
3.❌ the mandate language itself:
acasignups.net/21/02/05/democ…
🚨 The Sword of Damocles continues to dangle over the #ACA: Democrats STILL have ONE CHANCE to #MootTheSuit ahead of the #SCOTUS ruling:
acasignups.net/21/02/03/democ…
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There was a chance the Supreme Court would either save *or* kill the #ACA this morning as part of several decisions announced...but the #TexasFoldEm case turned out not to be among those.
That means the ACA will likely survive at least until sometime this spring/summer. 2/
That means the ACA will likely survive at least until sometime this spring/summer. 2/
The good news is this means Congress still has time to #MootTheSuit. There's three possible ways to resolve the issue before SCOTUS issues their decision:
1. ⬆️ the penalty to $1 or more
2. Clarify that the mandate can be✂️
3. ❌ the mandate language itself
3/
1. ⬆️ the penalty to $1 or more
2. Clarify that the mandate can be✂️
3. ❌ the mandate language itself
3/
🚨🚨🚨 REMINDER: The Supreme Court *may* save *or* strike down the entire #ACA as early as...TOMORROW MORNING:
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After #SCOTUS heard oral argument in the absurd GOP-brought, GOP-blessed #TexasFoldEm lawsuit to strike down the #ACA last November, the assumption was that there's no way that they would issue their opinion any earlier than April - June. 2/
HOWEVER, both @ShermanCourt and @AHoweBlogger have noted that the #SCOTUS website indicates that they're scheduled to issue opinions on several cases "argued in the fall and/or winter" tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
It's unknown which cases this may include. 3/
It's unknown which cases this may include. 3/
📣 UPDATE: 2021 #ACA Open Enrollment is (mostly) BACK, BABY! Here's 7 important things to remember:
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1. DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE!
This one is a bit confusing at the moment. HC.gov is re-launching Open Enrollment for the uninsured from 2/15 - 5/15 across 36 states; other states have...varying deadlines (see link for updates)
This one is a bit confusing at the moment. HC.gov is re-launching Open Enrollment for the uninsured from 2/15 - 5/15 across 36 states; other states have...varying deadlines (see link for updates)
"The Trump presidency is over, and Obamacare is still alive" vox.com/policy-and-pol… via @voxdotcom
Before 11/08/16, I was secretly planning on shutting down (or at least mothballing) ACASignups.net as soon as the 4th #ACA Open Enrollment period was over. Traffic had been gradually dropping off as people got used to the ACA & it started to fade from the headlines.
My official day job as a website developer had suffered. What was supposed to have been a 6-month hobby in my spare time had turned into a full-time job, and I had lost web clients along the way. I figured it would be time to wind down ACA Signups & refocus on my web business.
📣 THREAD: @JoeBiden is rolling 2 major #ACA2.0 provisions into the #AmericanRescuePlan! 1/
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Along with a whole mess of other important stuff, the #AmericanRescuePlan also includes two key parts of Biden's larger healthcare plan (with the remainder to be included in a later bill after he, you know, actually takes office):
1. #KillTheCliff
2. #BeefUpTheSubs 2/
1. #KillTheCliff
2. #BeefUpTheSubs 2/
Currently, #ACA enrollees pay between 2-10% of their income in premiums up to 400% of the federal poverty line (FPL)...but if you earn more than that (around $51K/yr if you're single; around $105K/yr for a family of four), you receive *no* assistance & have to pay full price. 3/
I've tried to patiently explain that M4All would also include an individual mandate penalty. It's called "pay your fucking taxes or you get busted by the IRS."
Irony: As terrible as the GOP's ACA "replacement" plans were, THEY STILL HAD AN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE PENALTY of one sort or another.
One added a 30% premium surcharge for a full year if you went without coverage & wanted it back. Another added a 6-month lockout period.
One added a 30% premium surcharge for a full year if you went without coverage & wanted it back. Another added a 6-month lockout period.
Of course, when every one of their replacement plans failed, what was the one thing they *did* eliminate? The ACA's mandate penalty.
Result? Unsubsudized premiums jumped around $580/year per individual market enrollee. Not nearly as much as expected, but not chump change either.
Result? Unsubsudized premiums jumped around $580/year per individual market enrollee. Not nearly as much as expected, but not chump change either.
🚨 DEAR DEMOCRATS: Mazel Tov, you did it!
Next Step: #SaveTheACA. #MootTheSuit!
acasignups.net/21/01/06/dear-…
Next Step: #SaveTheACA. #MootTheSuit!
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The @HouseDemocrats, @SenateDems, @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris can #MootTheSuit and #SaveTheACA by passing any one of the following 3 simple, 1-paragraph bills:
1. ⬆️ the mandate penalty above $0
2. Clarify that the mandate can be ✂️
3. ❌ the mandate language itself
1. ⬆️ the mandate penalty above $0
2. Clarify that the mandate can be ✂️
3. ❌ the mandate language itself
In the House, any could be done easily.
In the Senate, the 1st could be done via budget reconciliation; the 2nd or 3rd would need 50 votes+VP w/no filibuster *or* 60 with it.
It could be easily tacked onto a larger bill...but that bill would have to be passed & signed QUICKLY.
In the Senate, the 1st could be done via budget reconciliation; the 2nd or 3rd would need 50 votes+VP w/no filibuster *or* 60 with it.
It could be easily tacked onto a larger bill...but that bill would have to be passed & signed QUICKLY.
