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The latest information relating to the health insurance industry.
Health Care: Repeal and Replace Obamacare
MittRomney.com reports: "Health care is more than just one-sixth of the American economy. It is an essential source of well-being for individuals and families. Our health care system is blessed with many extraordinary strengths. It produces and attracts the best and...
This Election Is All About Health Care
Bloomberg reports: "According to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 55 percent of registered voters say the outcome of this election will make “a great deal of difference” in their lives. That’s a 10 percentage point increase over the 2004 election, and...
Reform isn’t impacting employer-sponsored coverage
Benefitspro reports: "A new study finds employer-sponsored health plans aren’t going anywhere—at least for another few years. Amid the debate over what impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on employee health coverage, the new survey out from...
Employees Seek More Voluntary Benefits
Insurance News Net reports: "A new MetLife study found that while most employers are not cutting back on employee benefits, they are largely not increasing the available benefits even as employees say they would be willing to pay more for those benefits. In...
Health Care Reform And The 47 Percent
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s secretly videoed remarks regarding the number of Americans “dependent upon government” have sparked a great deal of debate over who in the public receives what from the state. The Census Bureau’s latest figures confirm...
Most see health law being implemented
Benefitspro reports: "They may not like it, but they don't see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama's health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, ranging from minor to major alterations, an Associated Press-GfK poll...
Plain Language In Health Insurance Act Goes Into Effect
Insurance News Net reports: "Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) today announced that his "Plain Language in Health Insurance Act" is going into effect. The bill requires health insurers to write healthcare documents in simple, easy-to-understand language. The goal of the act...
Patients to face ‘access crisis’
Benefitspro reports: "Despite health care overhaul, the future of medicine looks pretty bleak—at least according to doctors. New research suggests that if physician practice trends continue, more than 44,000 physicians will be lost from the workforce in the next four...
Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plans
Xfinity News reports: "Millions of seniors enrolled in some of the most popular Medicare prescription drug plans face double-digit premium hikes next year if they don't shop for a better deal, says a private firm that analyzes the highly competitive market. Seven of...
Navigating Health Care Reform: Summary of Benefits and Coverage for Group Health Plans
JD Supra reports: Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively, the “Act”), employers must move forward with implementation....