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Save long-term care insurance planners
By Allison BellThe market may not have worked as expected, but the marketers are great.
February 22, 2017
Consumer group pans LTCI rescue effortsThe Center for Economic Justice says policymakers need to push for simpler, broader products.
February 22, 2017
The end of the Republican Party's health care charadeThe authors say would-be ACA replacers need to show how they'll pay for their proposals.
February 22, 2017
ACA’s hungriest large market goes begging for attentionACA backers say the Obama administration skimped on efforts to reach employers.
February 22, 2017
Policymakers should eat their ACA change supperPromising everyone a wonderful dessert could end badly.
February 21, 2017
Republicans offer two ACA risk corridors pathsSome want to block the program. Others want to let states decide. No one seems certain about how to handle the billions of dollars the ACA risk corridors program owes insurers.
February 21, 2017
Feds postpone 2018 health plan filing deadlinesTrump's CMS is trying to give insurers more time to cope with whatever comes next.
February 21, 2017
Carrier pays $1 million to settle health data security claimsOfficials say two laptops stolen from the insurer's office were protected only by passwords.