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IRS Releases Small Group Tax Credit Examples
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with guidelines for small commercial and nonprofit employers that want to take advantage of a new health insurance tax break.
May 17, 2010
How to Discuss the Reform Bill's Long Term Care Program with Your ClientsAs consumers delve deeper into the details of health care reform, many are discovering that a new government-run long term care program is part of the law.
May 17, 2010
PHX Teams With First HealthA health plan cost management firm is offering access to a provider network managed by a unit of Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE:CVH).
May 17, 2010
IRS Releases Small Group Tax Credit ExamplesThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with guidelines for small commercial and nonprofit employers that want to take advantage of a new health insurance tax break.
May 17, 2010
For People With Bad Teeth, Plan Coverage May Have CavitiesThe new federal Affordable Care Act may not do much to help adult Americans pay for restorative dental care.
May 17, 2010
Health Care News: New Agency May Be UnlikelyAs the Senate rushes to complete work on financial services legislation, odds are dimming that an amendment to the bill establishing a health insurance rate regulatory authority would even get a vote.
May 17, 2010
PPACA: Agent Groups Fear Effects Of Medical Loss Ratio RulesHealth agent groups are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take a flexible approach when implementing the minimum medical loss ratio provisions in the new Affordable Care Act.
May 16, 2010
CLASS Could Be A BoonFor many in the long term care insurance business, the passage of the Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act was another setback.