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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.

Seniors Switching to Medicare Advantage, Study Finds

Medicare Advantage is a popular choice for seniors already enrolled in traditional Medicare.

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At Least 7.1M Signed Up for 2015 Obamacare Plans So Far

At least 7.1 million people so far have enrolled in 2015 health plans through Obamacare's insurance marketplaces, according to a pair of federal reports issued Tuesday.

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Insurers Gird for New Medicare Advantage Fight

Health insurance companies are gearing up for another fight with the Obama administration over payments to Medicare Advantage (MA), the private alternative to traditional Medicare.

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Drug Pricing Concerns? Not at Gilead

After drug pricing concerns weighed on Gilead Sciences' stock toward the end of December, the drugmaker has kicked off 2015 the same way it did the previous two years: by increasing prices on several products.

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Some Businesses Use Part-Time to Meet Health Law

Many businesses in low-wage industries have hired more part-time workers and cut the hours of full-timers recently to soften the impact of new health law requirements that take effect Thursday, some consultants say.

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Health Law Mandate Hits Employers Unevenly

Remember those end-of-the world predictions from Nostradamus, the ancient Mayans and Pat Robertson that we somehow survived? The "employer mandate" may be Obamacare's version of that.

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Brown on Health Coverage: “Right Thing to Do. But It Isn’t Free”

Jerry Brown was sworn into his fourth term as governor of California Monday morning. In a wide-ranging inaugural address (that doubled as a State of the State address), he included some brief remarks about the Affordable Care Act.

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For Some Families, Coverage with Separate Deductibles Might be the Best Choice

When shopping for health plans, the dollar amount of the deductible is usually easy to find in plan materials.

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Deciding Whether Subsidized Health Insurance Is Worth the Hassle

With the deadline looming to re-enroll in California's insurance exchange, Kuei Lin Liu faced a tough question: Do I want to go through this all over again?

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U.S. FDA Approves AbbVie All-Oral Hepatitis C Treatment

U.S. health regulators on Friday approved AbbVie's all-oral treatment for hepatitis C, providing the first competition for Gilead Sciences huge selling and expensive medicine for the liver-destroying virus.

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