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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.

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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Cool Reception for New Sign-Up Window Under Health Care Law

Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured.

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Republican Budget Proposals Include Health Care Spending Cuts

On Tuesday, House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal and Senate Republicans this week are expected to reveal a budget blueprint, both of which include cuts to government health care programs, the AP/Washington Times reports.

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Data on Health Law Shows Largest Drop in Uninsured in 4 Decades, the U.S. Says

The Obama administration said on Monday that 16.4 million uninsured people had gained health coverage since major provisions of the Affordable Care Act began to take effect in 2010, driving the largest reduction in the number of uninsured in about 40 years.

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U.S. Health-Care Spending Probably Jumped 5 Percent in 2014

American health-care spending likely snapped a five-year streak of historically slow growth last year, according to an analysis of new federal data by private economists at the Altarum Institute.

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Obamacare: Agents Signed Up 43% of New California Enrollment

California fell short of its second-year enrollment goal for Obamacare, but don’t blame insurance agents. They accounted for 43% of new enrollment in Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange. That compares with 30% of people who enrolled themselves online or 10% who turned to a certified enrollment counselor or navigator. The strong performance of ...

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The Boss May Be Able To Force You To Buy Company Insurance

Under the health law, large employers that don't offer their full-time workers comprehensive, affordable health insurance face a fine. But some employers are taking it a step further and requiring workers to buy the company insurance, whether they want it or not.

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HHS Secretary: Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare Would Harm Millions

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on Monday rebuked critics who want the Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare's subsidies in much of the country, saying such a ruling would harm millions of Americans who "need, want and like" their health coverage.

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