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Compliance

This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.

UnitedHealth Expects $2 Billion COVID Earnings Hit Next Year

UnitedHealth Group Inc. expects the pandemic to carve $2 billion out of its profits next year, with Covid-19 testing and treatment costs remaining steady even as more Americans return to their doctors’ offices for routine care.

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HHS Estimates 100 Million Will Get COVID-19 Vaccine By March

Federal officials on Wednesday said they anticipate vaccinating as many as 100 million people by March once a coronavirus vaccine is approved and ready to be distributed.

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Why Biden Worries Big Pharma

Divided government in Washington threatens much of President-elect Joe Biden's legislative agenda, but prescription drug pricing is a rare area where he might find common ground with a Republican-controlled Senate.

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White House To Host COVID-19 Vaccine Summit

The Trump administration has invited leading vaccine manufacturers, drug distributors, and government officials to a “Covid-19 Vaccine Summit” next week, just two days before a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting to consider the first U.S. application for a Covid-19 vaccine.

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Group Launches Ads Opposing Bipartisan Fix To ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills

A fiscally conservative group is putting six figures behind new digital ads aimed at sinking a measure to ban the “surprise” medical bills patients get from hospitals and services that aren’t covered by insurance.

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OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.

As Walter Veal cared for residents at the Ludeman Developmental Center in suburban Chicago, he saw the potential future of his grandson, who has autism.

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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Unveils $908 Billion Stimulus Plan, Aiming To Break Partisan Logjam

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a stimulus proposal worth about $908 billion on Tuesday, aiming to break a months-long partisan impasse over providing emergency federal relief to the U.S. economy.

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Insurers Will Be Financially ‘Unscathed’ By COVID-19 But Must Adapt To Industry Evolution

While insurers are set to weather COVID-19's financial storm, an inability to keep up with how the pandemic is changing healthcare will be credit-negative in the long term, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

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Moderna Says New Data Shows COVID Vaccine Is More Than 94% Effective, Plans To Ask FDA For Emergency Clearance Later...

Moderna said Monday it will request emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after new data confirms the vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing Covid-19 and was safe.

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Premiums, Deductibles Take Up Growing Portion Of Workers’ Incomes

Health plan premiums are taking up an increasing portion of employees' incomes, according to a new study.

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