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Health Reform

1. Press: The uninsured
   One of the major goals of health care reform is to cover the vast numbers of uninsured. But how vast, really, is that pool of people? Who are they? And how important is it to…
2. Press: Medical ‘loss ratio’ gaming begins
   Few Americans know what a “medical loss ratio” is, but a fierce struggle over how to calculate it under the new health care reform law will determine how much insurers must spend on patient care…
3. Press: Health-care law faces test as regulators settle rules
   Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the requirements?
4. Press: Study points to health law’s penalties
   About one-third of employers subject to major requirements of the new health care law may face tax penalties because they offer health insurance that could be considered unaffordable to some employees, a new study says.…
5. Press: Doctors tack on fees for patients
   A growing number of doctors across the country are boosting revenue by asking patients to pay new fees for services they say insurance doesn’t cover, insurance and physicians’ groups say. The extra payments include no-show…
6. Press: New rules on changes to health benefits
   The White House on Monday will issue new rules that strongly discourage employers from cutting health insurance benefits or increasing the costs of coverage to employees, administration officials say. The rules limit the changes that…
7. Press: Insurers push plans limiting patient choice of doctors
   As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country’s biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or…
8. Press: For whom does the health insurance broker work?
   Largely tucked away from the view of the general public is an intense debate over the future role of health insurance brokers in the United States. Traditionally brokers have played an important role in the…
9. Press: New healthcare law: know your options
   New healthcare rules that went into effect last week offer both opportunities and risks for consumers. With open-enrollment season looming, it may be time to take a close look at how the first phase of…
10. Press: Ruling has some mulling the necessity of mandating insurance
    Though they have battled for more than a year, President Obama and the health insurance industry agree that the requirement for most Americans to obtain insurance, struck down by a federal judge, is absolutely essential…