obamacare

Is Obamacare affecting the hiring of full-time vs. part-time workers? Are employers reducing full-time employees down to part-time employees to avoid having to give coverage or pay a fine? According to some analysts and CEO’s, the answer is yes. However, for every retailer that claims to be...

The market is always a two-sided debate that takes place with words around proverbial water coolers, on the internet and in the mainstream media and on the floor of the exchanges where real buying and selling determines the price of all traded entities. Unfortunately, the former influences the...

Top headlines around is world are the United States government shutdown. Markets fell Monday on anticipation of the House and Senate unable to come to an agreement, but managed to push higher Tuesday. There have been 17 government shutdowns, with the average lasting two to three days. The other...

With slightly less fanfare than a BlackBerry product premiere, Obamacare launch day arrived Tuesday. There are, of course, no long lines outside Obamacare stores – because there are no Obamacare stores. There are, however, questions. Is Obamacare for me? The big question has a two-word...

The House and the Senate were not able to agree on a bill to fund the government and the shutdown has officially started this Tuesday. The republican opposition for the Affordable Care Act remained the major source of conflict within the Congress. Stocks fell Monday as investors anticipated...

Markets finally seem to be aware that a debt ceiling is coming. There probably won’t be as much of a sell off as was witnessed saw in 2011, when markets dropped more than 15 percent, because the chaos is now predicted. Helping to simplify things was a lack of economic data on the day. The...

The nation is facing a potential government shutdown for the first time since 1995. If the House and Senate cannot agree on a spending bill by midnight Monday, a shutdown seems likely. Here are some basic questions (and answers) related to a government shutdown: When would the shutdown begin...

Eyes are on economic news in regards to a possible government shutdown due to the lack of decision on Obamacare. Given the current state of the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) holding under 169, traders should be very careful of support becoming resistance. VIX levels are at a an interesting high in front...

This weekend in Barron's online: the looming economic calamity if entitlement spending is not reined in, as well as the prospects for AMC Networks, Prem Watsa and more. Cover Story "What, Me Worry?" by Gene Epstein. Unless Washington stops dithering, says this week's cover story in Barron's, the...

MKM Partners Executive Director Charles Campbell came in with strikes while highlighting the Grand Old Party's mistake in aiming to de-fund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the economic impact of a government shutdown on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning. "The market is used to...

Health insurance marketplaces are scheduled to open for the entire nation at October 1. After the opening, there will be a six month period before the government will fine the uninsured. While all states are expected to go live at the same date, some are having doubts on their ability to meet...

In less than a month, insurance marketplaces open and shortly after that the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, will begin to hit actual American pocketbooks. The good news, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation is that the pain will probably be less than you think. Whether...

With open enrollment for health plans under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) beginning October 1, it might be prudent to brush up on (or learn for the first time) some basic health insurance terms. According to The Wall Street Journal, reporting on a survey conducted by the American...

The Obama administration will not require employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance for those workers on January 1, 2014. This key and important provision of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has been delayed until 2015, according to Reuters. The move is...

Obamacare will likely go down as the defining legislation of President Obama's two terms in the Oval Office. Public opinion leaned against the bill at the time of passage and continues to do so. In fact, a Monday release by Rasmussen Reports noted that 54 percent currently view the healthcare...