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AHIP Institute 2011: PPACA, PPACA, PPACA
By Allison BellAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is kicking off its latest annual meeting as it and its members are moving through a barrage of new laws, new regulations, court battles and economic trends.
June 15, 2011
Dodd-Frank: The Empty SeatRepublican lawmakers are questioning how well federal regulators can take insurance interests into account without the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) having a voting member with insurance expertise.
June 15, 2011
Biden ‘Confident’ on Deficit Cuts as Senate Votes to Keep Ethanol SubsidyEven as Vice President Joe Biden gave his most optimistic assessment yet of budget talks he's leading, President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate signaled Tuesday a harder line on Medicare.
June 14, 2011
CMS Lifts Aetna Medicare Marketing SanctionsAetna Inc. now has permission from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to resume selling Medicare plans.
June 14, 2011
CMS Lifts Aetna Medicare Marketing SanctionsAetna Inc. now has permission from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to resume selling Medicare plans.
June 14, 2011
Find security for clients in an insecure worldUltimately, we can't predict what challenges life will bring and when. However, with knowledge and resources, we do have the power to prepare for some of the uncertainties that may come our way.
June 14, 2011
Researchers Look at Early PCIP ExperienceThe Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan programs in 10 states seem to have covered at least 34 high-risk pregnancies for 3,201 enrollees during the programs' early months of operations.
June 14, 2011
SOA Speakers Bring the NumbersActuaries are converging on Boston this week to explain to one another, in precise, carefully checked mathematical terms, just what is going on with the U.S. health care system.