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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.

Tax Bill and Obamacare Repeal are Potent Issues in California Congressional Races

With Democrats angling to win back control of the U.S. House, the new tax law and the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare may prove to be important campaign flashpoints against California Republicans, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.

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To Bend the Healthcare Cost Curve, Policymakers Need to Make the Business Case for Change

Bending the healthcare cost curve requires stakeholders to ask themselves one question: "Who makes money in America preventing bad things from happening to patients?" 

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‘Time’s Up’: Covered California To Enforce Quality And Safety Targets

Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, has devised what could be a powerful new way to hold hospitals accountable for the quality of their care.

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It Costs $685 Billion a year to Subsidize U.S. Health Insurance

It will cost the U.S. government almost $700 billion in subsidies this year help provide Americans under age 65 with health insurance through their jobs or in government-sponsored health programs, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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AB 3087, The California Bill to Cap Prices on Many Healthcare Services is Shelved in Assembly

A sweeping California proposal to curb healthcare costs by imposing price controls sputtered Friday, but backers vowed to continue the effort next year.

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Senate to Take Up Trump’s Call to Lower Drug Prices in June

The Senate plans to start working toward new drug price legislation this summer to help President Trump tackle high prices, even though previous bipartisan measures have struggled to get off the ground.

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Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused

Purdue Pharma, the company that planted the seeds of the opioid epidemic through its aggressive marketing of OxyContin, has long claimed it was unaware of the powerful opioid painkiller’s growing abuse until years after it went on the market.

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Where Do Premium Dollars Go? Mainly to Drugs and Doctors.

Prescription drugs make up nearly a quarter of health insurance premium costs, with doctor visits not far behind, according to new research.

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Drugmakers Blamed For Blocking Generics Have Jacked Up Prices And Cost U.S. Billions

Makers of brand-name drugs called out by the Trump administration for potentially stalling generic competition have hiked their prices by double-digit percentages since 2012 and cost Medicare and Medicaid nearly $12 billion in 2016, a Kaiser Health News analysis has found.

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CBO Lowers Estimate of Number of Uninsured Due to Republican Tax Law

The government's scorekeeping agencies revised their controversial estimate for how many more people would be uninsured as a result of changes Republicans and the Trump administration made to Obamacare.

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