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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.

Employees Not Benefiting From Slower Growth in Healthcare Costs

American workers already struggling with stagnant wages are being saddled with higher medical bills even as employers reap the benefits of a sustained slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs, a new report indicates.

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‘Cadillac’ Tax Likely to Diminish Union Health Plans, Study Finds

Health plans obtained through union collective bargaining agreements often include much more generous benefits than other employer-sponsored plans. But such benefits are likely to be pared down as the Affordable Care Act's excise tax nears, a new study in Health Affairs contends.

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Hospital Rating Systems Differ on Best and Worst

Four popular national rating systems used by consumers to judge hospitals frequently come to very different conclusions about which hospitals are the best — or worst — potentially adding to the confusion over health care quality, rather than alleviating it, a new study shows.

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Drug Transparency Bill May Be First in Nation

A bill in the California Legislature that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to explain the prices for their expensive products is thought to be the first legislative attempt of its kind in the country.

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ObamaCare Premiums Could Triple if Court Tosses Subsidies

The cost of healthcare premiums could rise as much 779 percent if the Supreme Court erases ObamaCare subsidies in a majority of states this year, according to a new study.

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5 Things To Know About the Supreme Court Case Challenging The Health Law

The Affordable Care Act is once again before the Supreme Court.

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Health Law Challenge Tests Supreme Court’s Firmness on Right to Sue

The Supreme Court has developed elaborate tests to determine if plaintiffs have standing to sue. But their essence, Justice Antonin Scalia once observed, is a four-word question: "What's it to you?"

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Health Law Drives Down U.S. Rate of Uninsured Adults, Survey Finds

America's uninsured rate plummeted last year, with the improvement driven by states that have fully implemented the Affordable Care Act, a new nationwide Gallup survey indicates.

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Medicaid Rolls Grew by 10M Under ObamaCare

Over 10 million people enrolled in Medicaid and the children's health insurance program since ObamaCare's launch a year and a half ago, the administration announced Monday.

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U.S. Health-Care Spending Is on the Rise Again

The national medical bill may be back to growing faster than gross domestic product. After five years of historically slow growth, new data show U.S. health-care spending accelerated significantly in 2014.

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