District Appellate Court Upholds Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance
On June 29, a three judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals located in Cincinnati, Ohio published an opinion on the case entitled, Thomas More Law Center et. al. vs. Barrack Hussein...
View ArticleNAIC Produces Short Educational Video for Consumers Explaining PPACA
Last month, the NAIC published a brief video to help answer questions posed by consumers regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).[1] Brokers and agents may want to use this...
View ArticleEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rules PPACA's Mandate to Buy Health...
A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has declared the ‘individual mandate’ to purchase health insurance unconstitutional, which is a core element of the Patient...
View ArticleHHS Publishes Proposed Rule on Exchange-Based Risk Adjustments
With on-going implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), actuaries and other experts have expressed concerns about how the new state-based insurance exchanges, which are...
View ArticleHHS Announces Medical Loss Ratio Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just released its final Medical Loss Ratio rule, and the outcome does not bode well for the broker/agent community. In the ruling HHS has rejected the...
View ArticleU.S. Congressional House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Medical Loss Ratios –...
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations held a hearing on the issue of the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) in Washington, D.C....
View ArticlePPACA Reaches Second Anniversary Milestone Today: Celebration Short-Lived as...
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. PPACA promised to provide high quality health insurance for all Americans. Whether this goal...
View ArticleHHS Issues Update on PPACA’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued an update highlighting state involvement with the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) Program. The purpose of the PCIP...
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