Affordable Care Act – IRP Poverty Dispatch

‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful, By Kelly Kennedy, September 23, 2013, USA Today: “A “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars in health insurance costs and leave up to 500,000 children without coverage, insurance and health care analysts say. That’s unless Congress fixes the problem, which seems unlikely given the House’s latest move Friday to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act…”
Affordable Care Act to replace high-cost state insurance plan, By Nancy Hicks, September 24, 2013, Lincoln Journal Star: “A state-subsidized health insurance program for Nebraskans who can’t get insurance through private companies because of medical issues will end in January when the federal Affordable Care Act begins. For the more than 3,100 Nebraskans who get insurance through that plan, the federal program will provide better coverage with less expensive premiums for most people, said Sherry Wupper, a member of the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool board…”