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New White Paper Outlines Five-Step Strategy for Implementing SHOP Exchange Programs
Posted on June 29, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsJune 19, 2012: The implementation of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) remains one of the most complex and least understood aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. To help provide clarity to state policymakers, employers, brokers and health plans, the nation’s leader in developing and administering health insurance exchange programs has […]
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A Welcome Let-up in Health Costs That May Not Last
Posted on June 29, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsAssociated Press, By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar – June 17, 2012: Is it too good to be true? Health care spending has eased up recently, bringing a welcome respite for government and corporate budgets. But experts who track health care’s economic indicators like the vital signs of a patient disagree on the diagnosis and what the future […]
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California Bullish On Health Exchange – No Matter What
Posted on June 28, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsKaiser Health News, By Pauline Bartolone – June 15, 2012: Many states have done nothing to implement the health overhaul law, saying they’ll wait and see how the Supreme Court rules. Not California. The country’s most populous state got out in front first on implementing the law, and it hasn’t slowed down in recent weeks […]
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Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare
Posted on June 28, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsFox News- June 28, 2012: DEVELOPING/URGENT: The Supreme Court has upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul. The court Thursday ruled as constitutional the so-called individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance starting in 2014. The ruling is a victory for the president, ensuring for now that his signature domestic policy achievement remains intact. […]
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A Health Mandate that is Already a Burden
Posted on June 28, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsLos Angeles Times, By Noam N. Levey – June 18, 2012: If the Supreme Court strikes down Obama’s health insurance mandate, hospitals still must treat all emergencies — and everyone pays. Trauma surgeons at MedStar Washington Hospital Center didn’t know the name of the young man wheeled into the trauma center, unconscious and bleeding from […]
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State Uncertain as Top Court Steps In
Posted on June 27, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSFGate.com, By Emily Bazar – June 17, 2012: When President Obama’s health care overhaul became law two years ago, California lawmakers jumped into action. Within months, they adopted several state laws that implement or build on the federal measure, including one to create a state health insurance exchange and another to allow young adults up […]
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CalPERS plans to raise health care premiums 9.6 percent
Posted on June 27, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking Newshe Sacramento Bee, By Dale Kasler – June 13, 2012: The California Public Employees’ Retirement System plans to raise health care premiums to its members by an average of nearly 10 percent next year, one of the biggest increases in recent years. The increase of 9.6 percent would be more than twice as big as […]
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Scam Watch: Health Insurance
Posted on June 26, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsThe Los Angeles Times, By Stuart Pfeifer – June 17, 2012: Several companies affiliated with a telemarketing scheme that allegedly tricked consumers into buying worthless medical discount plans have agreed to repay some victims and to stop making false representations to consumers. The Federal Trade Commission had accused the companies of targeting consumers seeking affordable […]
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California Offers HIPAA Security Rule Toolkit
Posted on June 26, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsCalifornia Healthline, By George Lauer – June 18, 2012: Last week, the California Office of Health Information Integrity released an online toolkit to help California physicians, hospitals and other health care providers understand and adhere to the HIPAA Security Rule. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act established national standards for the protection of certain […]
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Health-Care Ruling Cloaked in Secrecy Spurs Guessing Game
Posted on June 25, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsBloomberg, By Greg Stohr – June 18, 2012: In the next two weeks, John Roberts will sit in his high-backed, black leather chair in the U.S. Supreme Court’s marble courtroom and tell a hushed crowd that the justices are about to rule on health care. It will be the most dramatic moment in Roberts’s seven […]
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