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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.

Milwaukee-based Assurant Health to be Sold Off or Shut Down

The parent company of Assurant Health said Tuesday that it will sell or shut down the Milwaukee health insurer — which employs 1,200 people in the area — by the end of next year.

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Some Brokers Encounter Hard Times Under the Affordable Care Act

Emily and Scott Bailey's lives changed forever in January: the adoption lawyer they’d been working with for the past year had located a newborn for them in Las Vegas.

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Republicans Reach Budget Deal, Take Aim at Obamacare

Republican negotiators in the House and Senate announced a deal on a joint budget Wednesday that would cut domestic spending, increase defense spending and open a new door in the quest to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Care for Small Companies: A Conversation with the Head of a Private Insurance Exchange

Imagine walking into a Nordstrom stocked with only a single pair of black shoes – no options for size, color or shape. Now think of a single insurance plan for all people, regardless of their age, income, medical needs or personal preferences.

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Drug Prices Trend Up, and States Want to Know Why

Should drug makers be required to disclose their costs to justify rising prices?

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Obamacare Took $729 Bite Out of Tax Refunds – H&R Block

The majority of H&R Block clients who received federal help to pay for their health insurance in 2014 got an unwelcome surprise when it came to their refund.

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Thousands May Have Been Shorted On Insurance Subsidies After Calculation Error

Thousands of families with a disabled or deceased parent may have received a lower subsidy than they deserved to buy health coverage through the federal insurance marketplace as a result of a calculation error by the federal government.

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ObamaCare Penalty Could be too Low, Analysis Finds

A new analysis highlights that it is often cheaper for people to pay ObamaCare’s penalty for not having health insurance than to buy coverage, meaning the penalty might be too low to spur middle-income people to get covered.

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Compromise GOP Budget Hikes War Funds, Targets ‘Obamacare’

House and Senate GOP negotiators neared agreement Monday on a budget blueprint that would enable Republicans controlling Congress to more easily target President Barack Obama's signature health care law while delivering an almost $40 billion budget boost to the Pentagon.

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Democratic Lawmakers Reject Switching Their Health Coverage to Obamacare

Democratic state lawmakers on Thursday shot down a proposal that would have required all California state legislators to get their health insurance from Covered California, the benefits exchange set up to implement Obamacare in the state.

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