Answer Desk: Health care cost breakdown Oct 26, 2009
The Senate bill provides a sliding scale for anyone earning less than four times the federal poverty level, or $73,240 for a family of three. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Business)
Matching Gifts Oct 21, 2009
Matching Gift Companies - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Matching Gift Companies Thank you for making the extra effort - and for your doubled support. (Clemsontigers.com)
How Much Obamacare Costs the Average Family Oct 19, 2009
The required payments reach so far down the scale that those who are living at the federal poverty level of $22,000 will have to shell out 2 percent of their totally inadequate incomes ($440) for insurance. That Obama is charging premiums to those living at or on the border of poverty is absolutely incredible. (Townhall.com)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Oct 16, 2009
Locke could cut the state-subsidized child-care program, which aids families earning as much as 200 percent of the federal poverty level -- $30,520 for a family of three in Washington -- or its tuition-assistance programs for working families who have left welfare. But Miller said the governor is also seriously considering. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
The Baucus Health Care Reform Plan ... Oct 16, 2009
This tax credit will subsidize the cost of health insurance for people whose gross income is no more than 300% of the federal poverty level ... This excise tax will vary between $750 per year (for an individual whose income is between 1 and 3 times the federal poverty level) and $3,800 (for a family whose income is more than three times as large as the federal poverty level) ... (Note that the "federal poverty level", according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, varies... (Suite101.com)
State survey: 97.3 percent insured, 171,000 uninsured, stark disparities Oct 16, 2009
The survey also underscored a wide insurance gap between low-income residents and those who earn above three times the federal poverty level of $10,830. According to the survey, 1 percent of adults between ages 19 and 64 earning above five times the federal poverty level lacked health insurance ... 5 to 3 times the federal poverty level were uninsured. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Blue Cross group blasts reform bill Oct 15, 2009
Federal subsidies would offset those increases for families whose income is less than four times the federal poverty level. The White House and Democratic lawmakers blasted the AHIP report. (TheHill.com)
ISSUES: Sticking points to iron out Oct 14, 2009
Medicaid would be expanded to most individuals with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level, or about $14,404 for an individual. Medicaid would be expanded to most individuals with incomes up to 150% of the federal poverty level, or $16,245 for an individual. (USA Today)
Report prescribes public option to state Oct 13, 2009
Among the most important provisions are an income limit set at 400 percent of the federal poverty level for health insurance subsidies, elimination of the Medicare prescription drugs doughnut hole, a tax surcharge on the wealthy and a public health insurance option. Comments. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Health care questions Oct 11, 2009
Although it does not support any of the health care reform bills, Catholic Health Association does advocate expanding Medicaid to cover everyone under 133 percent of the federal poverty level, coverage for immigrants, documented an undocumented, provide subsidies for low-income individuals and families up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level and reforming the health insurance market by prohibiting preexisting condition exclusions. Dalley said the Catholic Health Association s position... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Valley poverty Oct 10, 2009
The Primary Care Network is a health plan offered by the Utah Department of Health for adults who make less than 150% of the federal poverty level and do not qualify for Medicaid. Utah s CHIP program provides health insurance to children in families below 200% of the federal poverty level that do not qualify for Medicaid as a result of income or assets ... In 2008, 72% of uninsured children in Utah lived below 200% of the federal poverty level. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Teachers union to address school board Tuesday Oct 9, 2009
FIRST CRIST TOOK LOBBYIST MONEY FROM FPL THEN GAVE FPL 19% RATE INCREASE LAST YEAR, THEM FPL RAISED ELECTRIC RATES FOR SCHOOLS AND GUESS WHO PAYS FOR CRIST'S LOBBY MONEY. NOW FPL WANT TO RAISE RATE 30% THIS YEAR AND HAS GIVEN CRIST $225,000 ... 00 ALREADY. FPL MADE A FEW BILLION PROFIT LAST YEAR AND ONLY PAY 1. (Florida Today)
Pelosi raps GOP statement, says, ‘I’m in my place’ Oct 9, 2009
Along with Bezos and Rosenfeld, attendees included Antonio Perez, chief executive of Eastman Kodak Co., and Lewis Hay III, chief executive of FPL Group Inc., owner of Florida s largest utility, according to an administration statement. The lunch was held behind closed doors in the president s private dining room. (Boston Globe)
Is Congress Giving States Too Much Power on Health-Care Reform? Oct 7, 2009
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington drafted an amendment that would allow states the option of pooling residents earning 133% to 200% of the federal poverty level into a group outside the exchange. States would get the money from federal subsidies available to these low-income earners who wouldn't be poor enough to qualify for Medicaid even under the proposed expanded guideline and use the funds to negotiate with private insurers for group plans. (Time.com)
Not a Death Panel, a Death Mandate Oct 7, 2009
Americans making up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be eligible for a "refundable tax credit" to buy insurance -- but they could only use this credit to buy insurance from a company offering a government-approved plan in the exchange. People making 300 percent to 400 percent of poverty would also be eligible for a credit if their insurance costs more than 12 percent of their income and they purchased a government-approved plan in the exchange. (Townhall.com)
BadgerCare Plus tops out, enrollment suspended Oct 6, 2009
To be eligible for the Core Plan, monthly family income has to be at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $21,660 per year for a single person and $29,139 per year for a married couple. Most Read Stories. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
San Francisco health care approach hailed as a model Oct 5, 2009
But here s what it does do: Any uninsured adult who lives in San Francisco and earns as much as 500 percent of the federal poverty level annually is eligible ... But care is free for those earning 100 percent of the federal poverty level or below, about 70 percent of all participants. (Boston Globe)
How health care overhaul could change Medicare Oct 4, 2009
WHAT IT MEANS: Proposals supported by House Democrats would expand Medicaid to cover all non-elderly Americans with annual incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level, or about $14,404. The Senate Finance Committee bill would standardize income eligibility levels to 133% of poverty ($30,000 a year for a family of four) for all parents, children and pregnant women. (USA Today -- News)
More of this story Oct 4, 2009
Meanwhile, in southern Rhode Island alone, the number of people earning an annual income below the federal poverty level 10,997 for an individual jumped from 5. 3 percent in 2007 to 8. (Westerly Sun, RI)
A look at health care plans in Congress Oct 2, 2009
SUBSIDIES: Tax credits for individuals and families making up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, which computes to $88,200 for a family of four ... CHANGES TO MEDICAID: The federal-state insurance program for the poor would be expanded starting in 2013 to cover all non-elderly individuals with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,404). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Senate Plan Lets States Negotiate Health Insurance For Poor Oct 2, 2009
The measure would apply to people who make up to twice the federal poverty level, about $44,000 for a family of four, but make too much to qualify for Medicare. States could use federal subsidies to negotiate with private insurers to write coverage plans for those people. (KWTX.com, TX)
Senate leaders facing crunch on health plans Oct 2, 2009
The committee also incorporated into its bill a proposal by Senator Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington, that would give states the option of negotiating with insurers to provide coverage for low-income people who earn between 133 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $44,000 a year for a family of four. The federal subsidies for people in this group would go to the states, rather than to the insurance companies, and the states could use the money and their bargaining... (Boston Globe)
A look at the Senate Finance health care bill Oct 2, 2009
SUBSIDIES: Tax credits for individuals and families making up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, which computes to $88,200 for a family of four. Tax credits for small employers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 1, 2009
Fed up with recurrent FPL power outages. Frequent power outages in Brevard County have become a big concern for FPL customers ... And I read in FLORIDA TODAY that FPL is considering a rate hike. (Florida Today)
Census figures show Valley pain Sep 30, 2009
3% were estimated to be at or below the federal poverty level, up from 15. 6% in 2007. (Fresno Bee)
State launches push to expand children's health coverage Sep 24, 2009
As of next Thursday, the programs are open to any family earning up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level, which is 55,125 for a family of four ... The expansion increases the income ceiling from 175 percent to 250 percent of the federal poverty level, so many of those families may now be eligible, she said. (Montana Standard, MT)
Senators Rip Apart Baucus Health Care BillSlate Reports Live Sep 23, 2009
Those at 100 percent of the federal poverty level would now pay no more than 2 percent of their income in health insurance premiums. Those between 100 percent and 300 percent would pay up to 12 percent of their income in premiums. (Slate)
Baucus to Boost Aid for Uninsured, May Trim Tax to Win Health Plan Votes Sep 22, 2009
Under his original proposal, beginning in 2013, tax credits would be available on a sliding scale to individuals and families earning between 134 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level, based on the percentage of income spent on health premiums. The scale ranges from 3 percent to 13 percent of income. (Bloomberg -- US)
Baucus’s insurance bill is a dose of bad medicine Sep 21, 2009
Granted, premiums are capped at 13 percent of income if you earn somewhere between 300 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level. But this means a 56-year old couple with joint income of $58,000 could wind up paying premiums of more than $7,500 - plus out-of-pocket expenses. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
State's child-care system still flawed Sep 20, 2009
Even as a single person, she still earns just 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Preschool teachers generally earn a little more, but their average wage is still 20,566, or 9. (Montana Standard, MT)
Baucus Health Plan Faces Scrutiny by Senate Panel Seeking 564 Amendments Sep 20, 2009
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is seeking tax subsidies for insurance purchases available to those earning as much as 400 percent of the federal poverty level, rather than 300 percent as Baucus put forth. Poverty guidelines for 2009 are $10,830 for an individual and $22,050 for a family of four, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. (Bloomberg -- US)
Affordability questions arise Sep 20, 2009
The Baucus plan would require states to expand eligibility for Medicaid to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. The threshold for Arizona's Medicaid program, called the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, is 100 percent of the poverty level. (AZCentral -- News)
Miss. lacks insurance, doctors Sep 20, 2009
298,000Number in Mississippi living below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Related articles. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Health Care Reform: Neverending Debate or Real Chance? Sep 19, 2009
Baucus' plan would make all parents, children, pregnant women and childless adults at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level eligible for Medicaid. It also includes provisions to help those with household incomes of less than $66,000 to buy insurance. (ABC News)
Disaster officials: Help still is available Sep 18, 2009
The program is limited to those with a household income of three times the federal poverty level or less. For a family of four, that level is $66,150. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Ohio Healthcare Organization Responds to Healthcare Reform Sep 18, 2009
Standardization of Medicaid coverage for everyone under 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Initiatives for Medicare to reward better care, not just more care; and. (PR Newswire)
The loneliness of Max Baucus Sep 18, 2009
It would order insurers to pay for preventive care, and it would open Medicare up to people making up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, a higher ceiling than many states now allow. The draft would also begin to shift Medicare and Medicaid away from paying doctors based solely on how much treatment they provide, and instead use some evidence-based quality standards to determine some reimbursement rates. (Salon)
Senate health care plan a 'building block' Sep 17, 2009
Medicaid expansion: Allows everyone earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($30,000 a year for a family of four and $14,400 for individuals) access to the program. Taxes: Raises the most revenue - $215 billion of its $350 billion - by imposing a 35 percent excise tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans costing more than $8,000 a year per person, or $21,000 a year per family. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Baucus Confident on Bipartisan Support for Final Health Care Bill Sep 17, 2009
Baucus' plan would make all parents, children, pregnant women and childless adults at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level eligible for Medicaid. The plan would be paid for with $507 billion in cuts to government health programs and $349 billion in new taxes and fees. (ABC News)
What's in the Baucus health-reform package? Sep 17, 2009
Premium subsidies: People buying health insurance who make 300 percent of the federal poverty level (about 66,000 for a family of four) would be eligible for tax credits to help pay for the insurance, starting in 2013 ... Medicaid expansion: Beginning in 2014, all people earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level (about 29,000 for a family of four) would be eligible for coverage by Medicaid, the state-federal program that pays medical bills for the poor. (Montana Standard, MT)
The Baucus Health Bill: A Primer on What's in It Sep 17, 2009
The credit would be available to individuals and families who earn up to 300% of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four would be about $66,000 in 2009. It would be provided on a sliding scale, with the level of credit "based on the percentage of income the cost of premiums not including deductibles or copays represents, rising from 3% of income for those at 100% of poverty to 13% of income for those at 300% of poverty." Individuals earning between 300% and 400% of the poverty... (Time.com)
Related: Comparing health care bills in congress Sep 17, 2009
Subsidies: Tax credits for individuals and families making up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or $66,150 for a family of four. Households up to 400 percent of the poverty line could also get relief. (Boston Globe)
Health Costs Could Fall to Young Adults Sep 17, 2009
Additionally, all adults with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level -- or about $14,400 for an individual -- would be eligible for Medicaid. One group that policy experts worry could be squeezed by reform is young adults with health problems, whose incomes are not high enough to afford the expensive policies they may need to manage chronic conditions. (CBS News -- Politics)
Last Senate panel sets timetable for health care Sep 14, 2009
It would provide direct subsidies and other help with premiums for households making up to four times the federal poverty level, about $88,000. People already covered would not see big changes. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Budget woes, national reform color Bay State's health care future Sep 12, 2009
During the meeting, board members gave unanimous approval to emergency regulations, first adopted in June, permitting Connector staff to cancel auto-enrollment for the lowest-income members of Commonwealth Care, those earning below the federal poverty level. Auto-enrollment is a process that places those deemed eligible for Commonwealth Care into a health plan. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Some Democrats still undecided on Obama plan Sep 11, 2009
He said the committee members were also discussing Baucus s proposal to expand Medicaid to all Americans under 133 percent of the federal poverty level and awaiting more information about how the costs would be shared with the states. This group honestly has been really committed to trying to find common sense, mainstream solutions to these issues. (Boston Globe)
Has your opinion changed during the past few months about the health care debate? Sep 11, 2009
TYS wrote on Sep 10, 2009 12:34 PM:" Poor Poor SN, can't take the time to look up the facts before you blindlessly post. I will help you out on this one only.Dem Proposes $3,800 Fine for Failure to Get Health Insurance! A top senator is calling for fines of up to $3,800 on families who fail to get medical insurance after a health care overhaul goes into effect. The plan from Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would make health insurance mandatory, just like auto coverage. It would provide tax... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Fines proposed for going without health insurance Sep 10, 2009
Households making more than three times the federal poverty level about 66,000 for a family of four would face the maximum fines. For families, it would be 3,800, and for individuals, 950. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Questions, answers on requiring health insurance Sep 10, 2009
People making up to three times the federal poverty level _ about $66,000 for a family of four and $32,000 for an individual _ would be eligible for tax credits to help cover the cost of premiums ... To help soften the penalty, Massachusetts first created state subsidized insurance plans for those earning up three times the federal poverty level, with the poorest residents getting essentially free care and those earning more paying increasingly higher premiums and copays. (Longview Daily News, WA)
More kids eligible for free health insurance Sep 9, 2009
All Kids is Alabama's name for the National Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP. Right now, only families whose incomes are less than 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible. But starting October first, the threshold moves to 300. (WSJA.com, AL)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Sep 9, 2009
Locke could cut the state-subsidized child-care program, which aids families earning as much as 200 percent of the federal poverty level -- $30,520 for a family of three in Washington -- or its tuition-assistance programs for working families who have left welfare. But Miller said the governor is also seriously considering. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
Sen. Baucus: No Health Insurance? $3800 Fine Sep 9, 2009
It would provide tax credits to help cover the cost for people making up to three times the federal poverty level. That's about $66,000 for a family of four, and $32,000 for an individual. (Newsmax)
What Braley should say at town halls Sep 9, 2009
DoesAnyoneCare wrote on Sep 8, 2009 3:30 PM:" Just noted today...Americans who don't get health insurance once the system is overhauled would be fined up to $3,800 under a proposal that circulated in Congress. Households making more than three times the federal poverty level about $66,000 for a family of four would face the maximum fines.Look at the Democrates looking out for the middle class. That is about my income level, that is the income level of the middle class. If this bill... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Baucus finally floating details on health-reform proposals Sep 9, 2009
Medicaid expansion: Medicaid, the state-federal program that pays medical bills for the poor, would be expanded in 2014 to cover people earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or 29,300 for a family of four. This expansion would add up to 190,000 people in Montana. (Montana Standard, MT)
10,000 working parents to lose health insurance Sep 8, 2009
To be eligible for coverage, families had to make less than two times the federal poverty level, or about $44,000 a year for a family of four. For a $6 million annual contribution, Arizona received $18 million in federal grants to administer the program for parents. (AZCentral -- News)
The top stakeholders in health reform Sep 7, 2009
In our recently released report Crossing our Lines: Working Together to Reform the US Health System, we recommend that Americans making under 400 percent of the federal poverty level receive enhanced protections. To make sure that children aren t worse off after health reform than they are now, families that make less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, about $66,000 a year for a family of four, should not have to pay more out-of-pocket expenses and have weaker benefits for their... (Boston Globe)
Ameren wants customers to pay for unpaid bills of others Sep 7, 2009
---The new program targets households across the state with incomes up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level guideline. ---Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been in the headlines lately after announcing she will not be running for governor or senator, was instrumental in collaborating with the parties responsible for making the measure a success. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Might reforms make coverage available to all? Sep 6, 2009
If you earn up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level ( 66,150 for a family of four), you're likely to get some financial assistance from the government ... If you're without health insurance, and make more than 300 percent of the federal poverty level: No. You'd have to buy health insurance and could get it through the exchange, but you wouldn't get any subsidy. (Montana Standard, MT)
Rolling up sleeves for health-care reform Sep 6, 2009
Credits would decline with higher income, and would end at income at 400 percent of federal poverty level, or $43,000 per individual or $88,000 for a family of four. Provides credits similar to those in House bill. (News & Observer)
Key health-care proposals Sep 6, 2009
Individuals and families with incomes up to 400 percent of federal poverty level would get subsidies ... Expand Medicaid to those with incomes of up to 150 percent of federal poverty level ... Expand Medicaid to those with incomes of up to 133 percent of federal poverty level. (AZCentral -- News)
Clinic serves underserved (5) Sep 2, 2009
Note: Metropolitan Community Health Services says that, based on more recent data, 22 percent of the countys population falls below the federal poverty level. Article Rating. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Waiting for Charity in New Orleans Aug 29, 2009
Half of all the residents of New Orleans live at less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level; the cancer rate is an astronomical 256. 7 per 100,000 residents (in the state, 202 per 100,000); the HIV/AIDS infection rate is 40 per 100,000 (in the state, 16 per 100,000) and the suicide rate 12. (Slate)
Price: Use Tax Cuts to Reform Healthcare Aug 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009. SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWS ALERTS. (Newsmax)
CDF wants expanded health care Aug 27, 2009
The third principle is that coverage must be affordable, where all children up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level (about 66,000 for a family of four) need cost sharing protections consistent with current out of pocket limits in Medicaid. None of these three principles are currently in the bills, Shaw said. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Stanislaus County offers health care plan for kids Aug 26, 2009
Families with incomes at 300 percent of the federal poverty level or less are eligible for Healthy Cubs. That would include a family of three with an annual income of $55,000 or less, or a family of four with annual income of $60,000 or less. (Modesto Bee, CA)
