the date on which the governor approved the ratification, or the date on which the secretary. of state of a given State certified the ratification, or the date on which the Secretary of State. of the United States received a copy of said certificate, or the date on which he proclaimed that. the amendment had been ratified are not controlling. Hence, the ratification date given in the.
Since the Affordable Care Actâs (ACA) health insurance marketplaces first took effect in 2014, news story after story has focused on premium increases for certain plans, in certain cities, or for certain individuals. Based on preliminary reports, premiums now appear set to rise by a substantial amount in 2017.
Under the ACA employers with 50 workers or more must offer coverage to full time employees or pay a fine, but not to part-timers. Nurses and other workers are increasingly in battles with employers who are demanding elimination of coverage for part time employees, citing the ACA as their pretext.ith the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act near, itâs time to ask if the decision to put the burden of cutting costs on patients, not corporate healthcare profiteering, is the fatal flaw in the plan.