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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.

Almost 12 Million Gained Medicaid Coverage Under ObamaCare

More than 11.7 million more people have health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance through ObamaCare, new data show.

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Almost Half of Obamacare Exchanges Face Financial Struggles in the Future

Nearly half of the 17 insurance marketplaces set up by the states and the District under President Obama’s health law are struggling financially, presenting state officials with an unexpected and serious challenge five years after the passage of the landmark Affordable Care Act.

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Senators Demand Better Oversight of State ObamaCare Spending

Two Republican committee chairmen are pressing the Obama administration to improve its oversight of how state-run ObamaCare marketplaces use federal dollars, citing an inspector general report on potential violations of law.

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Insurance Brokers in Calif., Other States Struggling Under ACA

Insurance brokers in California and other states have struggled financially since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, KPCC'S "KPCC News" reports.

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Healthcare for those in U.S. Illegally Could Cost California $740 Million a Year

Extending state-subsidized healthcare coverage to people in the country illegally could cost California as much as $740 million annually, according to a Senate fiscal analysis released Monday.

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Dems Renew Fight Against Tax On ‘Cadillac’ Health Plans

A group of Democrats including Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada launched a bid on Tuesday to repeal a section of the health care law that will tax high-priced insurance plans starting in 2018.

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How Has the Individual Insurance Market Grown Under the Affordable Care Act?

The individual (or “non-group”) insurance market has changed substantially under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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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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