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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.

Supreme Court Decision Deals Blow to Health Coverage Efforts in California

The Supreme Court decision Thursday effectively blocking President Obama’s immigration programs also comes as a blow to California legislators who have been fighting to offer health insurance to people living in the country illegally.

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Employees Would Pay Taxes On High-Value Health Plans Under Republican’s Obamacare Alternative

Business groups liked a lot of what they saw in the 37-page House Republican prescription for replacing the Affordable Care Act.

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Medicare and Social Security Trustees Warn of Shortfalls

The Obama administration said Wednesday that the financial outlook for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund had deteriorated slightly in the last year and that Social Security still faced serious long-term financial problems.

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Higher Earners Face Steep Hikes in Medicare Premiums

Nearly a third of all Medicare beneficiaries face a steep increase in their premiums next year, the result of a policy that in certain circumstances requires some beneficiaries, including higher earners, to shoulder the burden of rising costs.

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Feds: More Than 300 Charged In Health Care Fraud

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists were among more than 300 charged with health care fraud schemes involving $900 million in false billings in what the Justice Department described Wednesday as the largest such enforcement action in U.S. history.

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Feds Will Use Tax Penalty Data to Find Uninsured Millennials

With time running out for the Obama administration to prove the success of the Affordable Care Act, officials are aggressively targeting a group that could help turn things around: young people.

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House Republicans Offer Proposals for Health Care Changes

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan seeks to showcase a GOP governing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign.

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Online Tools to Shop for Doctors Snag on Health Care’s Complexity

Need a dermatologist? Today, online tools can show you which doctors are in your plan’s network as well as rank them by the likely cost of a visit.

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The Secret Washington Battle Determining Drug Prices

Part B drug payment policy. Boring. Obscure. But an ongoing battle over these policies will affect you — especially what you pay for drugs.

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Study Projects Sharper Increases In Obamacare Premiums for 2017

Next year’s premiums for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act could rise more than in past years in most markets and declines might be rare, according to a preliminary analysis of insurers’ plans.

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