Affordable Care Act deadline nears

Affordable Care Act deadline nears

At those locations, people can learn if they qualify for federal subsidies to help them buy insurance on the Marketplace, or TennCare/Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program - CHIP, called CoverKids in Tennessee.

But Sen. Alexander said both sides will likely need to swallow their pride and work together to iron out a solution by March. "But what I do know is that we're going to continue to focus on what we have been focusing on: Improving quality, decreasing cost - our cost structure".

"The things that are happening in 2017 are set for 2017".

"People think the Affordable Care Act is gone, but it is still the law, and you can still get health insurance", Elizabeth Colvin, director of Insure Central Texas, said.

"We agree we have to make sure those people get the health care they need", Toomey said at a Tuesday confirmation hearing for Rep. Tom Price, who is President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Now, some lawmakers are anxious about the gray area between the Affordable Care Act and the Indian Health Care Act.

Trump picks his Supreme Court nominee: Neil Gorsuch
But Democrats are still incensed since Republicans refused to even hold hearings for Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland. Judge Gorsuch took a humbler approach, and showed the flair for language that has won him praise as a legal writer.

Save My Care spokesman David Miller says repeal of the Affordable Care Act would hurt millions of Americans now covered under the law. While they have no formulated plan, they have consistently complained it is too expensive and not effective enough. "They are required", said Marilyn Tavenner, CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, the largest insurance lobby group. She said hospitals that reduce the number of readmissions, eliminate infections and minimize other complications will be reimbursed at higher rates from the designated payer.

"There's just not a definition of what that plan looks like", said Dietsche. Mitchell said while the response has not been promising, they are still committed to the cause.

"It is pretty scary because without health insurance you pretty much can't do much by yourself", said Veronica Cervantes, a student at California State University of San Benardino's Palm Desert campus. With this loss in economic activity, we would see $349 million less in state and local revenue at a time when the state faces a $500 million budget gap this fiscal year. The first is by heading to healthcare.gov and follow the directions on the screen.

Coming up at ten, we hear from one young woman on why she is considering getting an IUD instead of birth control.