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Benefits Specialists Assess PPACA Effects
By Staff WriterMembers of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans see employers paying more attention to the effects of the Affordable Care Act, but, at this point, few see the act causing employers to eliminate health benefits.
June 10, 2011
Benefits Specialists Assess PPACA EffectsMembers of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans see employers paying more attention to the effects of the Affordable Care Act, but, at this point, few see the act causing employers to eliminate health benefits.
June 09, 2011
Former Insurance Exec Eyes Profit Cap PledgeWendell Potter, a former health insurance company public relations manager who is now a harsh critic of health insurers, says he has questions about a health insurer's promise to limit the amount of net income it keeps.
June 09, 2011
IAIS Forms Supervisory ForumThe world's insurance regulators are joining to form a body - the Supervisory Forum - that will give participants a vehicle for discussing trends and risks at large insurers.
June 09, 2011
FACI: Actuaries Ask for Voice on New Federal Insurance PanelThe American Academy of Actuaries says actuaries should be part of the U.S. Treasury Department's new Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.
June 09, 2011
Picking Cherries in the Age of PPACAHealth insurers can use many subtle strategies to avoid enrolling consumers they would rather not serve, even if new federal laws ban medical underwriting and keep insurers from basing rates on enrollees' health status.
June 09, 2011
IAIS Forms Supervisory ForumThe world's insurance regulators are joining to form a body - the Supervisory Forum - that will give participants a vehicle for discussing trends and risks at large insurers.
June 09, 2011
Former Insurance Exec Eyes Profit Cap PledgeWendell Potter, a former health insurance company public relations manager who is now a harsh critic of health insurers, says he has questions about a health insurer's promise to limit the amount of net income it keeps.