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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.

Bill Requiring Disciplined Physicians to Notify Patients Advances in Sacramento

Doctors who are on probation after being disciplined by state regulators would have to share that information with patients before providing care under a bill making its way through the state Senate.

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Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Affordable Care Act

The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found. Immigrants of all backgrounds — including more than a million legal residents who are not citizens — had the sharpest rise in coverage rates.

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Key Senate Committee Votes For More Transparency On Drug Price Hikes

The California state Senate’s Committee on Health Wednesday put its stamp of approval on legislation that would oblige prescription drug manufacturers to give advance notice and written justification for significant price increases.

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GOP Group Promises ObamacCare Replacement Plan – Soon

A group of senior House Republicans is promising to deliver proof that the party is making headway in its six-year struggle to replace ObamaCare.

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Prescription Drug Spending Hits Record $425 Billion In U.S.

Spending on prescription drugs in the U.S. rose 12 percent to a record $425 billion before discounts last year, boosted in part by the introduction of breakthrough medicines for cancer and the growing number of patients seeking treatment for hepatitis C.

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Shopping Around Annually In Federal Health Care Exchange Can Pay Off

Individuals enrolled in health plans offered in the federal health insurance exchange who switched plans during the 2016 open season saved, on average, more than $500 in premiums than if they had stayed in their current plan, the Department of Health & Human Services reported Tuesday.

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UnitedHealth Quitting Obamacare Markets In Georgia, Arkansas

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, has decided to call it quits in two state Obamacare markets, in the latest challenge to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul.

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How Health Care Factors Into the Presidential Campaign

Health care has faded into the background of the election campaign as Donald Trump himself has become the issue on the Republican side and the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over health care has shifted to other topics. Health wasn’t even listed among the “most important issues” Republican voters could select from in the exit poll of Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary.

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If Healthcare Prices Emerge, Americans Won’t Link To Quality

As the healthcare industry begins to offer more ways for consumers to see and use price information, a new study indicates Americans don’t often link the price tag with quality

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What Yelp Can Tell You About A Hospital that Official Ratings Can’t

If you've ever taken the time to give Yelp your two cents about a hospital, you'll be happy to know that someone's listening and that they've deemed the crowdsourced information not only useful — but unique.

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