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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.

Health Law Brings No Drop In Insurance Enrollment At Work

There has been much hand wringing over the health law requirement that large employers this year offer insurance to workers who put in 30 or more hours a week or face penalties for not doing so. The new rules would cost employers a bundle, some fretted, as part-timers clamored for company coverage previously unavailable to ...

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Most Americans Unaware Obamacare Subsidies Are At Risk

Despite months of news coverage, most people say they have heard little or nothing about a Supreme Court case that could eliminate subsidies helping millions of Americans afford coverage under the federal health law, according to a poll released Thursday.

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Premiums Rose 2.9 Percent for ObamaCare Silver Plans

The price of ObamaCare silver plans increased an average of 2.9 percent nationally, according to a new report by the Urban Institute.

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Resolution Seeks Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Nevada Health Insurance Exchange

A state senator hopes to change the Nevada Constitution to abolish the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.

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Nevada Adds Extra Health Exchange Enrollment Period

Nevada residents who didn't buy health insurance in 2014 and face a tax penalty as a result can avoid a similar situation next year, thanks to a special enrollment period for the state health exchange.

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eHealth Isn’t So Healthy, Plans to Lay Off 15% of Workforce

Private health insurance exchange eHealth is cutting 160 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, a consequence of the difficulty it has had in signing up younger individuals and families through its platform.

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Hospital Industry Changes To Take Hold Across Calif., Expert Says

The hospital industry in the San Francisco Bay Area is undergoing a "shakeup" as small and independent facilities undergo sales, potential closures and other changes -- a trend that experts say could spread throughout the state as the federal government works to reduce health care costs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

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Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Tries Again to Expand Power

A reliable maxim of Capitol politics is that big money begets heavy-duty politicking – and in 21st century California, nothing is bigger than health care.

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Drugmakers Turn Heat on Insurers by Backing Copay Limits

The battle over soaring U.S. drug prices is heading for the states.

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Obamacare Special Enrollment for Penalty Payers a One-Time Deal

The Obama administration says its special enrollment period to let those paying their first Obamacare tax sign-up for health care now is a one-time offer that won't be repeated next year.

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