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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.

The Industrialization of Care: How Medical Care Is Being Corrupted

WHEN we are patients, we want our doctors to make recommendations that are in our best interests as individuals.

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Financial Health of Insurance Marketplace to be Tested in 2nd Year; Must be Self-Sustaining

The federal government shelled out billions of dollars to get health insurance marketplaces going in the 14 states that opted to run their own.

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HHS Formally Moves To Close Loophole Allowing Plans Without Hospital Benefits

The Obama administration took another step to close what many see as a health-law loophole that allows large employers to offer medical plans without hospital coverage and bars their workers from subsidies to buy their own insurance.

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Healthcare.gov Gets Steady Traffic; Hits Bump

HealthCare.gov got steady consumer interest and also hit a bump Monday, the first weekday of the new sign-up season under the president's health overhaul.

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Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President Obama is depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.

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How Little-Known MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber Shook Up Washington This Week

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber may not have been a household name, at least before this week, despite his being described as the "architect" of Obamacare and, previously, Romneycare in Massachusetts.

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Exchange Bus Tour ‘Resonating’ With Californians as Open Enrollment Nears

Covered California officials this week are on a bus tour across the state -- stumping Thursday in La Habra and making multiple stops Friday in Los Angeles -- in preparation for Saturday's launch of the exchange's second open enrollment period.

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With Tight Enrollment Window, Consumers Seeking Coverage Should Sign Up Promptly

Smooth sailing. The administration promises and outside experts expect that this year's open enrollment period on the health insurance marketplaces will be markedly less glitchy and balky than last.

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SHOP Enrollment Fell Far Short of Expectations, GAO Finds

Small-business enrollment on new insurance marketplaces set up under the president's health-care law has fallen well short of the administration's expectations, according to government report released Thursday.

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Surprises Lurk for People Re-Enrolling on HealthCare.gov

In a twist, an influx of lower-priced health plans on HealthCare.gov could lead many Americans to pay more for coverage next year thanks to smaller insurance tax credits.

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