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PPACA: The Insurance Agent's Guide to the Next 12 Months
By staff WriterAs the New Year dawns, a new set of PPACA provisions prepares to kick in. Whether you support reform or not, and whether the courts turn down all or parts of it or not, here's what you may have to look forward to in the coming 12 months.
December 28, 2010
NAIC to HHS: Keep Group in LoopNational Association of Insurance Commissioners officers are asking federal agencies to continue to use an NAIC subgroup to help develop, maintain and extend new benefits and coverage summary standards.
December 28, 2010
Birnbaum: TILA Should Apply to Credit InsuranceBirny Birnbaum is welcoming Federal Reserve Board efforts to apply Truth In Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements to credit insurance.
December 28, 2010
IRS Eases FSA Debit Card RulesPersonal health account debit card users can still use the cards to buy doctor-prescribed over-the-counter drugs at a wide range of stores after Jan. 15, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service says.
December 28, 2010
For older Americans, there's no place like homeStudies over the past 10 years show that the majority of Americans age 45 and older would rather stay in their own homes, even if it means needing daily home assistance
December 28, 2010
Birnbaum: TILA Should Apply to Credit InsuranceBirny Birnbaum is welcoming Federal Reserve Board efforts to apply Truth In Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements to credit insurance.
December 28, 2010
Feds: PPACA Nondiscrimination Rules Too Confusing to RushFederal agencies have decided that the new Affordable Care Act group health nondiscrimination rules are too complicated for taxpayers to apply without regulatory guidance.
December 28, 2010
PPACA: Agencies Seek VBID CommentsFederal agencies are asking for comments on how health insurers and group health plans can use the "value-based insurance design" concept to improve coverage of recommended preventive services.