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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.

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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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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