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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.

4.2 Million Uninsured People Could Get Bronze with $0 Premiums After Tax Credits

As the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period nears an end in most areas this week, a new analysis from KFF (the Kaiser Family Foundation) finds that 4.2 million currently uninsured people could get a bronze-level plan for 2019 and pay nothing in premiums after factoring in tax credits.

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Investigation of Generic ‘Cartel’ expands to 300 Drugs

Executives at more than a dozen generic-drug companies had a form of shorthand to describe how they conducted business, insider lingo worked out over steak dinners, cocktail receptions and rounds of golf.

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IRS Extends Form 1095 Distribution Deadline to March 4

On Nov. 29, the IRS extended the original Jan. 31, 2019, deadline for employers to distribute 2018 Forms 1095-C or 1095-B to employees. They now have until March 4, 2019, to get employees those forms.

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More Pay? Nah. Employees Prefer Benefits

Workers across the country say you can't put a price on great benefits, according to a new survey.

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Without an Obamacare Penalty, Many are Planning to Drop Health Plans. The Consequences Could be Dire

Dana Farrell’s car insurance is due. So is her homeowner’s insurance — plus her property taxes. It’s also time to re-up her health coverage. But that’s where Farrell, a 54-year-old former social worker, is drawing the line.

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Here’s What a Judge Can – and – Can’t Do in Ruling on the Justice Department’s Deal with CVS and...

A federal judge is considering halting the integration of CVS Health and Aetna — even though the two companies closed their merger last week.

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Democrats Winning Key House Leadership Jobs Have Taken Millions From Pharma

Three of the lawmakers who will lead the House next year as Congress focuses on skyrocketing drug costs are among the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry, a new KHN analysis shows.

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Dem Single-Payer Fight Set to Shift to Battle Over Medicare ‘Buy-In’

Momentum is building among House Democrats for a more moderate alternative to single-payer health-care legislation.

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Sign-Ups Drop, So Far, for Health Insurance Exchange in Nevada

Purchases of policies on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces are down nationwide and in Nevada through the first four weeks of open enrollment, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday.

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Nevada Health Exchange Easing Fears Over Proposed Change

Nevada Health Link staff members are fielding calls from Obamacare health plan consumers who worry that accepting subsidies on their otherwise expensive plans could affect their chances to obtain citizenship.

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