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By Muhammad YasinUnderstand what people are saying, and how they say it, before you open your virtual mouth.
April 27, 2012
Medicare: Ways and Means Eyes Increasing Private Plan UseRivlin says the proposal would do more to lower prices than the Medicare Advantage program does.
April 27, 2012
Stop-Loss Coverage: Feds Have 13 QuestionsCMS, EBSA and the IRS want to know how stop-loss affects the small group fully insured market.
April 27, 2012
PPACA: GOP Ignores Veto Threat, OKs Student Loan BillRepublicans want to pay for rate relief by killing a PPACA preventive care fund.
April 27, 2012
Tort Reform Arrives to Healthcare - Sue the Patient (Forbes)Between 2005 and 2010, North Carolina hospitals filed more than 40,000 lawsuits against patients with overdue bills.
April 27, 2012
The Long Goodbye (Atlanta Magazine)Augustus Monroe thought he'd simply drop dead one day and never need a nursing home. For over 10 years now, Monroe has lived in a nursing home and been kicked out of two hospices for not dying.
April 27, 2012
California Gets into the Act--Dodd Frank's Credit for ReinsuranceThis reinsurance bill amends current insurance law and adds new statutory language to reflect the NAIC model law.
April 26, 2012
The Short Term Care RevolutionSTC products might be right for those on tight budgets or with LTCI with long exclusion periods.