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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.

Number of Uninsured in U.S. Dropped Below 10% for First Time in 2015

About 9.1% of people in the U.S., or around 28.6 million, were uninsured in 2015 according to federal statistics released Tuesday.

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Nevada Health Exchange May Be Overpaying For Navigator Outreach

A state audit released Tuesday raised questions about whether Nevada's health insurance exchange is using its money wisely, citing outreach organizations that are being paid tens of thousands of dollars but haven't provided proof that they were promoting the exchange for much of that time.

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Proposal to Reduce Medicare Drug Payments Is Widely Criticized

An Obama administration proposal to reduce Medicare payments for many prescription drugs has run into sharp bipartisan criticism, suggesting that it is easier to diagnose the problem of high prices than to solve it.

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Rushing To Move Excluded Immigrants Into Obamacare – Before Obama Exits

State legislators and advocates are racing to get federal approval in the waning months of the Obama administration for a proposal to allow immigrants living in the U.S. illegally onto the California insurance exchange.

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Why Obamacare’s “Cadillac Tax” is so Contentious

President Obama's signature health care law is called the Affordable Care Act, but just how affordable remains an open question even this long after its enactment.

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Sessions-Cassidy PPACA Overhaul Bill, Dissected

Two Republicans today unveiled a proposal that could revamp the current Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commercial health insurance rules and programs rather than completely replacing all of PPACA.

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Number Of Low Income Kids Getting Coverage Grows In California, Around Nation

Bolstered by the federal health care reform law, the number of low-income kids getting full health coverage in California continues to grow, as it does in the nation as a whole, a recent study found.

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Most Obamacare Enrollees Are Satisfied With Coverage, But Worries Over Costs Are Rising

Most Americans enrolled in health plans through the Affordable Care Act are happy with their coverage, despite persistent attacks on the health law by Republicans, including presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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Insurers Are Looking For Obamacare Price Hikes

Obamacare plan customers should brace for sticker shock when the administration posts insurers' preliminary rate requests for 2017 this week.

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Obama Administration Backs California Health-Plan Tax

President Barack Obama’s administration is approving California’s plan to restructure health-plan taxes to generate money for Medi-Cal, which provides health coverage to the poor.

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