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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.

Analysis Estimates 1 in 4 Employers Offering Health Benefits Could Be Affected by the ‘Cadillac Tax’ in 2018 if Current...

New projections from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimate that one in four employers (26%) offering health benefits could be subject to the Affordable Care Act’s tax on high-cost health plans, also known as the “Cadillac plan” tax, in 2018 unless they make changes to their plans.

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Small Group Deadlines Are Fast Approaching

A provision in the federal health reform law requires carriers to accept all small business customers, even if they don’t meet minimum participation or contribution requirements, during an annual open enrollment period from November 15 through December 31.

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Republicans’ Obamacare ‘Repeal and Replace’ Dilemma Joins Presidential Contest

For Republican leaders, one loaded phrase represents the difference between the party they are and the party they wish to be: “repeal and replace.”

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HealthCare.gov Saw Almost 950,000 Sign Up After Open Enrollment

Almost 950,000 new customers selected health coverage on HealthCare.gov outside of the open-enrollment period after they became eligible due to changes such as losing their employer-provided insurance or having a baby, according to a government report on the federal health insurance exchange.

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Senate Republicans Seek Gameplan From CMS for Recouping State-Based Exchange Funding

Congressional Republicans are again asking the CMS to come up with a game plan for recouping money given to states for establishing health insurance exchanges that later failed.

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Student Health Insurance Plans Skyrocket at UNLV

UNLV students who get health insurance through the school face sticker shock.

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Majority in US Wants Gov’t to Curb Prescription Costs

A new poll finds Americans worried about medication costs and broadly supporting government action to curb drug prescription prices.

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Project Evo: Will a Video Game Be On Your RX Formulary One Day?

I'm driving through a frozen world, where the roads are paved in ice. As I swerve left to avoid a miniature iceberg, a red fish flashes at the top of my screen.

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Insurance Lobby That Fought Hillarycare and Obamacare Now Has Sturdy Bridges to Democrats

When the former head of the U.S. government’s health insurance programs was hired in July to run a lobby that had spent tens of millions of dollars trying to derail Obamacare, it was more than just another spin of Washington’s revolving door.

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No, Obamacare Isn’t Killing Full-Time Jobs, New Evidence Shows

President Obama's health-care reform hasn't meant less time on the job for American workers, according to three newly published studies that challenge one of the main arguments raised by critics of the Affordable Care Act.

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