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State Regulators Meet as Individual Health Gasps for Life
By Allison BellThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is gathering in Denver now without knowing how the federal government will handle individual major medical coverage in 2018.
April 07, 2017
Aetna Quits Iowa Exchange, Is Second Insurer to LeaveWellmark, a Blue Cross carrier, announced that it was pulling out on Monday.
April 07, 2017
IRS Chief Says Health Premium Tax Credit Structure Deters FraudJohn Koskinen says that subsidies paid to the insurer, not the taxpayer, can help control abuse.
April 06, 2017
Workplace Retirement Accounts Aren’t Working, Policy Wonks SayThe existence of 25 million orphaned accounts shows something is wrong, says Kent Conrad of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
April 06, 2017
GOP Rushes Individual Reinsurance Fund Into Health BillHouse Rules Chairman Pete Sessions said President Trump wanted the provision locked in.
April 06, 2017
Science Is Society's Best Insurance PolicyOne nice way to manage morbidity and mortality risk is to use research to get rid of it.
April 06, 2017
Trump Spurs GOP to Tweak Health Bill Before Leaving TownHouse Rules is working on a deal that would add new provisions for high-risk patients.
April 06, 2017
Lawyers Mobilize as Trump Wages War on RegulationsCorporate clients must be prepared to accommodate mutually exclusive options, strategists say.