State Regulation
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Volcker Task Force: States' Financial Woes Eroding Services
By Christopher S. RugaberThe cost of caring for aging residents, and providing pension benefits for public employees, is crowding out other spending.
July 09, 2012
Texas, where 25% are uninsured, opts out of Medicaid expansion (Atlantic)As the state with the highest rate of uninsured people in the country (25%), 1.4 million uninsured who would have qualified for Medicaid wont.
July 03, 2012
Congress' GOP Tells Governors to Resist PPACA's State ExchangesThe GOP Congressional team wrote, most importantly, we encourage you to oppose any creation of a state health care exchange mandated under the presidents discredited health care law." So what's nextthe Federal government moves in? And are they ready?
July 03, 2012
Congress' GOP Tells Governors to Resist PPACA's State ExchangesThe GOP Congressional team wrote, most importantly, we encourage you to oppose any creation of a state health care exchange mandated under the presidents discredited health care law." So what's nextthe Federal government moves in? And are they ready?
July 02, 2012
Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness – from the inside (TED)Elyn Saks, a legal scholar with schizophrenia, asks that people with mental illness be viewed clearly, honestly and compassionately.
July 02, 2012
An abbey’s run-in with law on who can sell caskets (NPR)Before the monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Louisiana could sell their first casket the state informed them that a funeral home license was required to sell caskets in the state.
July 02, 2012
An abbey’s run-in with law on who can sell caskets (NPR)Before the monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Louisiana could sell their first casket the state informed them that a funeral home license was required to sell caskets in the state.
June 30, 2012
How to stay on the good side of regulatorsScamming seniors or committing fraud is sure to arouse regulatory scrutiny. But far more advisors get into hot water by failing to properly manage their state licenses. To help advisors avoid problems, the Maine Department of Insurance offers these tips.