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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.

Lost Health Insurance? COBRA’s An Option, But It Isn’t Cheap

More than 33 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March, more than one in five workers who had a job before the pandemic.

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More Than 20M Of Newly Unemployed Could Qualify For ACA Tax Credits

As unemployment continues to skyrocket due to COVID-19, a new analysis shows that more than 20 million people losing job-based insurance could get a tax credit on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges.

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27 Million Americans May Lose Health Insurance Coverage: Report

Soaring unemployment numbers could translate into nearly 27 million people losing their health insurance, according to a new report.

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IRS Allows Mid-Year Redos For Health And Dependent Care FSAs

Yippee! The Internal Revenue Service has come up with a partial fix to the mess of so-called “flexible” spending arrangements that let workers stash pre-tax money into special accounts for healthcare and child care. The rules surrounding FSAs are anything but flexible.

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California Governor Announces Workers’ Comp Presumption for COVID-19

California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced that workers who contract COVID-19 while on the job may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation.

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Hospitals At Center Of Fight Over Liability Protections In Coronavirus Relief Bill

Hospitals are warning they will be slow to restart elective procedures like knee surgeries and colonoscopies without assurances from Congress they won’t get sued by patients and their own workers if they are infected by the coronavirus during those visits.

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Ensuring Premium Revenue Accuracy During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact across the globe, costing lives, disrupting business and education and creating significant financial losses.

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Survey: U.S. Payers Feel Well-Positioned To Survive COVID-19

U.S. payers feel the most confident that they’ll weather the COVID-19 storm, a new survey shows.

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Trump Administration Allocates $11B For COVID-19 Testing As Faster Tests Get Approved

The Trump administration will provide $11 billion to states to ramp up testing capabilities to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pelosi Pushes Ahead On Massive Virus Bill, But GOP Wary

Even in absentia, House Democrats are seeking to drive the debate on the fifth coronavirus response bill, promising to produce a mega-package stuffed with Democratic priorities even as a chorus of GOP leaders voices hesitation about more spending.

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