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Supreme Court Upholds PPACA
By Allison BellThe Supreme Court has used an unexpected line of reasoning to keep the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate in place.
June 27, 2012
The PPACA Verdict: 6 Possible OutcomesSaving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law.
June 27, 2012
NAHU 2012: Some See Silver Lining to PPACA WorriesSome of the people at NAHU's 2012 convention think PPACA fear may have increased attendees' level of enthusiasm and interest.
June 27, 2012
NAHU 2012: The LTCI Fear FactorThis should be a great time for insurers to enter the long-term care market, two LTCI specialists say, but CEOs read "those" articles and get scared.
June 27, 2012
LTCI Watch: Why Does the Fed Hate the Elderly and the Disabled?Preventing runs on big banks is a sensible goal, but so is helping people protect themselves against the financial effects of illness, injury and aging.
June 27, 2012
LTCI Watch: Why Does the Fed Hate the Elderly and the Disabled?Preventing runs on big banks is a sensible goal, but so is helping people protect themselves against the financial effects of illness, injury and aging.
June 26, 2012
State Regulators Concerned Over Health Care Costs if PPACA FracturedNorth Dakota's Hamm likens unhinging the individual mandate from the rest of the act to unpinning a grenade and putting it in Americans' laps.
June 26, 2012
Earth, Water and FireThe search for natural gas and oil found through the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is fraught with controversy.