The formula used to determine whether someone is living in poverty was developed By the Johnson administration in the early 1960s.
Author: Jonathan Simeone
Health Insurance and Tax Credits
Currently, someone earning between 100 and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Lebvel (FPL) qualifies for a tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance.
Introducing Ivor
Ivor was my first dog guide.
It’s Personal
I’ve been on Medicaid for a few months. I’ve been on SNAP for a few weeks. I’m waiting to be approved for Social Security benefits.
Medicaid Expansion Explained
Let’s start with the most important fact–millions of Americans have health insurance because of Medicaid expansion.
Caps on Health Insurance
Before passage of Obamacare, many Americans were subject to annual and/or lifetime caps on the amount of money their insurer would pay for their coverage; for example, if your insurance plan had a lifetime cap of a million dollars, the insurance company would stop paying your bills once they reached a million dollars.
Taxes in Obamacare
The IRS has produced a page on the tax provisions in Obamacare.
America’s Failing Health Care System
The post entitled The State of American Health care contains all the information discussed in the podcast. The links to the relevant sections of the CIA’s World Factbook can be found in this post too. My health care tag lists all the health care content I have produced. Every time I blog or podcast about… Continue reading America’s Failing Health Care System
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Tort Reform and Health Care
I want to satisfy my legal friends and say that tort reform should be called negligence reform, negligence is the tort that is used to sue medical professionals.
The State of American Health Care
All of the data in this post is from the CIA’s World Factbook.