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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
More than 100,000 in SC could lose health insurance if Supreme Court rules against subsidies
The State reports: "Tim Liszewski didn’t have health insurance for a decade before signing up for a subsidized policy through the Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace last year. He likely will be uninsured again if the U.S. Supreme Court rules federal subsidies...
Ready for a 255% premium hike?
Benefits Pro reports: "Supreme Court ruling killing PPACA subsidies may cause premiums to skyrocket. If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that federal subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are invalid, 7.5 million Americans could face an...
The Next ACA Battle: Extending The Children’s Health Insurance Program
Forbes reports: "The Affordable Care Act is an endless source of tortured political maneuverings. Another example will soon demand Congress’ attention: Extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The program was created in 1997, in the aftermath of the...
Will Only Suckers Pay The ObamaCare Tax Penalty?
Investor's Business Daily reports: "This year, as many as 6 million taxpayers will learn that they now owe a "Shared Responsibility Payment" because they didn't have health insurance last year. The SRP is a clumsy euphemism for the ObamaCare individual mandate tax...
From Aetna Health Reform Weekly
ILLINOIS: The legislature is set to begin debating several measures that would mandate coverage of certain benefits or access to certain providers. H.B. 120 and H.B. 122 would require coverage of intravenous feedings and prescription nutritional supplements. S.B. 97...
New CMS rules boost consumer protections in exchange plans
Modern Healthcare Reports: "The CMS Friday issued final market rules for 2016 (PDF) for the state and federal insurance exchanges. The regulations include stronger requirements for insurers to provide accessible, reliable information about provider networks and drug...
Employer Shared Responsibility
Generally, under Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR), applicable large employers (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalents) face a potential penalty if they don’t offer minimum essential coverage to full-time employees...
Even U of C Medicine and Rush have health insurance problems
Crain's Chicago Business reports: "Proving that no one is immune to the changes sweeping the health care industry, two of Chicago's most prestigious teaching hospitals are being dinged by insurance companies trying to control costs. Humana is ending a 20-year...
Medicare Spending Peaks at Age 96
The Wall Street Journal reports: " More and more attention is being paid to end-of-life care. But much less attention is going toward what care is appropriate for the very old who are chronically ill but not in their last year of life. My Kaiser Family Foundation...
Staples threatens to fire employees who work more than 25 hours a week
Yahoo Finance reports: "Wikimedia Commons A Staples storefront. Part-time Staples workers are furious that they could be fired for working more than 25 hours a week. The company implemented the policy to avoid paying benefits under the Affordable Care Act, reports...