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Supreme Court To Sort Out Health-Care Mandate
Insurance News Net reports: "Connie Cass; Connie Cass The Associated Press This is the first in a weeklong package of stories previewing the Supreme Court's consideration of President Obama's health-care overhaul law. WASHINGTON - Death, taxes and now health...
Health care reform: 4 inconvenient truths
Politico reports: "President Barack Obama promised over and over during the health care debate that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” It turns out that, for a lot of people, that isn’t true. A Congressional Budget Office report...
Health Care Reform Could Get You A Raise, But There’s A Catch
Huff Post Politics reports: "The good news is that health care reform could lead your employer to put a little more money in your paycheck. The bad news is that if they do, it's probably because they aren't providing you with health insurance anymore. The...
AARP Supports Health Care Reform Law Against Challenges to Its Constitutionality
AARP Foundation reports: "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, was immediately challenged in court by states, organizations and individuals. Background At enactment of the ACA 45 million Americans did not have health insurance. Health...
HHS Issues Final Rule to Implement Health Insurance Exchange Markets
Bloomberg BNA reports: "The Department of Health and Human Services March 12 issued a final rule implementing a key component of the health care reform law—creation of health insurance exchange markets in all states in 2014 through which millions of individuals and...
Backup plans if individual mandate is struck down
"If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down health reform’s individual mandate and leaves the rest of the law in place — what happens next? The backup plan could be automatic enrollment in your employer’s health insurance, a lot like the way you get signed up for the...
Health Care Exchange Rules to Be Set
New York Times reports: "WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is about to carry out a major provision of the new health care law by issuing standards for health insurance exchanges, the markets where consumers and small businesses will be able to buy coverage from...
Want Health-care Reform to Go Away? Don’t Hold Your Breath
CFO reports: "No matter what corporations are doing — or not yet doing — to get ready for new health-care reform provisions scheduled to take effect from 2014 through 2018, the fate of the law hinges on an upcoming Supreme Court ruling and this fall’s general...
Private Insurance Benefits and Cost-Sharing Under the ACA
Health Reform Source reports: "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released guidance on the two key components that determine the level of protection that private insurance plans will provide to consumers under health reform. The first involves...
Blue Cross opens door to insurance rebates in Illinois
Chicago Business reports: "The parent of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois is opening the door to rebates, which could provide badly needed relief to customers and trim the insurance giant's massive cash hoard. Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp. has sent...