Affordable Care Act

Height Securities likes to offer betting odds on major political events, from federal government shutdowns to impending tax reforms. Over the last few months, the firm has closely followed and posited probabilities for efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Now, as a new American...

The historian hired to repair the Richard Nixon Library and Museum’s problems with the truth sees something similar in the current president: a sense of paranoia and frustration that might spill over into bad decisions. Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian and a clinical associate...

Despite the recent drama in Washington over President Donald Trump withholding critical cost-sharing reduction payments from insurance companies, Height Securities remains optimistic that there will be no major disruptions in the healthcare market. According to Andrew Parmentier, the QSR payment...

Heath insurance companies are meeting with CMS Administrator Seema Verma today to try to determine if President Donald Trump intends to pull $7 billion in funding from companies that sell plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges. The cost-sharing reductions (CSR) allow insurance companies to provide...

President Donald Trump is trying to bring the Democrats to their knees with respect to the Affordable Care Act through devious means. He has recently issued threats to health insurers, suggesting that his government would not reimburse the companies for their coverage of low-income individuals....

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are not giving up on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, even after their first attempt at healthcare reform fell flat. After meeting with former Republican congressmen and senior...

Following a futile Tuesday-night attempt to unite on ACA repeal strategy, Vice President Mike Pence and House Republicans convened again Wednesday to hash out a deal. But Height Securities analysts Andrew Parmentier and Stefanie Miller weren't hopeful for a resolution. “We think chances...

Stock market sentiment is in a quandary: Optimism is high because of President Donald Trump’s promise to invest in infrastructure and overhaul the tax code. However, the GOP says those and other policy issues are on hold until Congress deals with the seemingly intractable issue of swapping...

Republicans have proposed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as "Obamacare," and are seeking approval for the new GOP healthcare bill dubbed Trumpcare. President Donald Trump has proposed significant tax cuts to reduce healthcare expense, with Medicaid expected to bear most of...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is expected to release its score for the controversial new healthcare bill on Monday. The new plan spearheaded by House Speaker Paul Ryan aims at replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The CBO is expected to deliver estimates of both how much the new plan...

House Republicans have revealed their long-anticipated Affordable Care Act repeal and replace bill — the American Health Care Act. The bill repeals numerous ACA related taxes and penalties (mostly starting in 2018), defunds Medicaid expansion after 2019 and offers tax credits ($2,000–4,...

Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz believes he has identified the key problem with the U.S. healthcare system: the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Chaffetz isn’t blaming Apple for the rising cost of healthcare. Instead, he is blaming poor people for buying iPhones instead of health insurance...

Republicans are still working to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, but the ACA may more swiftly dismantle the Republicans. Until recently, conservative lawmakers only had to worry about opposition from their progressive constituents. Now, they’re feeling the wrath of their ideological...

One of the hottest topics in Washington these days is healthcare. Americans are watching closely to see how much the Republican-controlled Congress will change the current system. On Friday, Politico reported on a new leaked draft of a House Republican bill that reveals some of the specific changes...