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Obama Administration: Full PPACA Repeal Could Disrupt Medicare
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated PressWould CMS have to make up the difference between pre-PPACA payment rates and the rates paid?
May 02, 2012
TAHU: PPACA MLR Rebates Show Plan Costs Not the ProblemPolicymakers should pay more attention to controlling the actual cost of care, the group's president says.
May 02, 2012
Ways and Means GOP: PPACA Will So Cause Worker DumpingLawmakers say employers could save $4,821 per employee in 2014 by shutting down group plans.
May 02, 2012
Ways and Means GOP: PPACA Will So Cause Worker DumpingLawmakers say employers could save $4,821 per employee in 2014 by shutting down group plans.
May 02, 2012
A Healthy Way to Save for RetirementWith many peoples savings decimated by the recession and the tepid recovery inching along doing little to refill retirement savings coffers, people have come up with what they believe to be a simple solution: working longer.
May 02, 2012
IRS Announces 2013 HSA LimitsHSA contribution limits and high deductible health plan out-of-pocket maximums are up slightly over 2012. For the first time in three years, the HDHP minimum required deductibles have increased.
May 02, 2012
North Carolina Blue Faces Antitrust SuitBoies says the Blues' decision not to compete with one another limits competition and jacks up rates.
May 02, 2012
'The FIO Report' isn't the only one overdue-- interested parties guess at reasons for delaySeasoned D.C. and N.Y. insurance types provide little insight, a few guesses in an information vacuum.