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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.

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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How Slow Uptake by ‘Young Invincibles’ is Driving the ACA’s Exchange Rates Higher

What a difference a bad year makes. Executives at UnitedHealth Group initially voiced optimism about their prospects on the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges. The nation's largest health insurer foresaw a big role for individual plans in its business model.

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Hefty Surprise Medical Calls Can Be a Burden for Families

When Sienna D'Andrea was just two months old, her mother Raquel got the shock of her life."The cardiologist said, 'Go home, pack your bags, your daughter needs surgery today.'"

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Obama Administration: Insurers Must Provide Services Regardless of Gender Identity

The Obama administration unveiled two broad initiatives Friday aimed at combating discrimination against transgender Americans in schools and health-care coverage, affirming the president’s goal of elevating transgender protections to one of the central civil rights issues of his presidency.

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Obama Administration Releases Rules on Wellness Programs

A federal agency on Monday released final rules on how employers can offer workers financial incentives of up to 30 percent of the cost of their cheapest health insurance plans to participate in wellness programs without violating federal laws protecting the confidentiality of medical information.

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