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This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.

States Suing Over Association Health Plans Seek Quick Win

A group of states challenging the federal government's expansion of Association Health Plans (AHP) has asked a federal judge to hand them an immediate legal victory.

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How a California Bill Could Upend the Dialysis Industry

This week is make or break for a California bill that has the potential to sap hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from dialysis providers in the state.

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Doctor, Hospital Groups Organize to Oppose Single-Payer in California

A group of influential, deep-pocketed business and health care organizations that have long helped shape the legislative agenda in California have joined forces to oppose any future effort to craft a universal, single-payer health care system for the nation’s largest state.

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Will Single Payer Be The Demise of Gov. Gavin Newsom?

Unless the California coastline sinks into the Pacific before November 6, 2018, Gavin Newsom will be the state’s next governor. Just look at the numbers.

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IRS Proposals Clear Way for Trump Tax Cut for Insurance Brokers

The Treasury Department has moved to clear up some confusion in the Trump tax cut law by proposing that the full 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses be made available to a broad spectrum of small businesses, including insurance agents and brokers.

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California Legislature Bans Short-Term Health Insurance

The California Legislature has passed a bill banning the sale of short-term health insurance plans — a type of insurance the Trump administration is seeking to expand.

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Hospital Executives Believe Amazon Can Deliver on its Hype as a Healthcare Disrupter

Out of all the technology giants with ambitions in healthcare, hospital executives have overwhelmingly put their faith in Amazon, according to a new survey.

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Google Parent Invests $375 Million Into Oscar

Alphabet Inc. is putting $375 million into Obamacare startup Oscar Health, the latest health-care investment from Google’s parent company.

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Shortage Of Insurance Fraud Cops Sparks Campaign Debate

Ask Steve Poizner about how he’ll tackle health care costs if he recaptures his old job as California’s insurance commissioner, and he has a ready example.

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With an Epidemic of Mental Illness on the Streets, Counties Struggle to Spend Huge Cash Reserves

When California voters passed a tax on high-income residents in 2004, backers said it would make good on the state’s “failed promise” to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill.

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