In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. The promise, as the name implied, was that skyrocketing health insurance costs would be reined in. Precisely the opposite has happened – but the ACA isn’t to blame. Check it out below. Created by: Medical Billing and Coding Certification Incoming search terms:health care infographic

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Here’s your warm-and-fuzzy American moment of the day. If you’re uninsured and about to die, don’t come crawling to the Tea Party looking for sympathy. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, himself a physician, was asked a hypothetical question by CNN host Wolf Blitzer about how society is supposed to respond if a healthy 30-year-old male who [...]

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Here’s a shocking story out of Ohio, as a 24-year-old Kyle Willis, a father from Cincinnati, died of a tooth infection this week because he couldn’t afford the proper medication. One of Willis’ wisdom teeth started aching about two weeks ago. When his dentist informed him that he needed to have it pulled, he decided [...]

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Today, a U.S. appeals court ruled that President Barack Obama‘s healthcare plan requiring all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty is unconstitutional. The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit ruled that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy health insurance coverage. The court also, however, reversed a lower court decision that [...]

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“Obamacare” was dealt another blow today. A federal judge in Florida has tossed out the health care reform law for which President Barack Obama has been fighting, setting up what will probably be a contentious Supreme Court battle over the legislation. Florida, along with 25 other states, had filed a lawsuit last spring seeking to [...]

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In an amazing turn of events, a federal judge in Virginia just shot down President Barack Obama‘s health care reform law, ruling that parts of the plan are “unconstitutional.” This is the first time a federal court has struck down the law, going contrary to other recent rulings that the new law was OK. The [...]

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Four-month-old Alex Lange can’t get health insurance. Rocky Mountain Health Plans won’t cover him because he’s too large. Yes, little Baby Alex was turned down for health insurance due to his size. It seems his height and weight put him in the 99th percentile, according guidelines established by the CDC. Alex’s mother, Kelli Lange, says [...]

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