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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.

More Than 11.3 Million Americans Signed Up For Obamacare, HHS Says

More than 11.3 million people have signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data released Thursday that provides the first national snapshot of enrollment for 2016.

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Young Adult Health Insurance Sign-Ups Disappoint

The Obama administration so far is making little progress in getting more young adults to sign up for health policies on the federal insurance exchange, according to figures released Thursday.

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ObamaCare Not Shifting Workers to Part-Time Jobs

ObamaCare has not caused employers to shift workers into part-time work, according to a new study.

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Health-Law Tax-Credit Payments to Insurers Questioned

The Obama administration wasn’t able to ensure that all tax-credit payments made to insurers under the health law in 2014 were on behalf of consumers who had paid their premiums, according to a federal oversight agency.

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Survey: US Progress on Health Insurance Stalled in 2015

Seeking a strong showing in President Barack Obama's last year in office, the administration said Thursday 11.3 million people have enrolled for health law coverage with three weeks still left in the sign-up season.

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House Passes ObamaCare Repeal, Sending Measure to President

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would repeal much of ObamaCare and defund Planned Parenthood for one year, sending the measure to President Obama’s desk.

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Delays of Big ACA Taxes Won’t Necessarily Benefit Health Insurers, Ratings Company Says

The health-care industry seemed to have been among the biggest winners in the $1.1 trillion Omnibus appropriations act for fiscal 2016 signed Dec. 18 by President Barack Obama. But Fitch Ratings has a different take on that.

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Shkreli: Sociopath or Just Extra-Brash Corporate Exec?

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested this month, has been described as a sociopath and worse. In reality, he’s a brasher and larger version of what others in finance and in corporate suites do all the time.

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How High Drug Prices Weigh on the Sickest Americans

The more drugs people take and the sicker they are, the more likely they are to experience problems paying for prescription medicines–or to forgo them altogether because of cost.

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Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance

Two years after the Affordable Care Act began requiring most Americans to have health insurance, 10.5 million who are eligible to buy coverage through the law’s new insurance exchanges were still uninsured this fall, according to the Obama administration.

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