C&M Health Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and the Treasury (the “Tri-agencies”) released their 2022 annual report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) on Tuesday, January 25.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (“the Departments”) issued a final rule requiring private-sector health insurers and self-insured health plans to disclose treatment prices and cost-sharing information with consumers.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Earlier this month, OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert on Speaker Programs warning drug and device companies and health care providers that it has significant concerns about payments for “speaker programs.”

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Bill of Health

APRIL 3, 2023

Elizabeth McCuskey The Braidwood opinions’ Appointments Clause holdings score an initial victory against the ACA’s regulation of commercial insurance — a victory whose effects are amplified by ERISA preemption as deregulation’s silent partner in attacks on the ACA. The scope of the Appointments Clause holding dwarfs the RFRA holding.

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Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

HIPAA and the ACA both responded to concerns about “job lock” – that employer-sponsored insurance restricted job mobility and entrepreneurship. Fertility treatment and the infertility shift only add to this stress. The infertility shift further distorts the already fun-house mirror effects of employer-sponsored insurance on the labor economy.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Under the ACA, for instance, the health insurance exchanges must be implemented by HHS if states do not create them. United States , which held Congress cannot “dragoon” state executive officials to implement federal laws. Federal statutes enacted after these decisions in the mid-1990s tend to include a federal fallback.

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Kaiser Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

En la mayoría de los estados, la temporada de inscripción abierta de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) para los planes de salud comienza el 1 de noviembre y dura hasta el 15 de enero. Estamos en esa época del año otra vez. Aunque intenten parecer oficiales, no lo son.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

Now that the big pandemic economic rescue legislation has been signed and getting implemented, President Biden will move on to a major infrastructure bill as well as addressing health care reform. While Republicans inside Congress may want to block building on the ACA, most of the U.S. electorate is in favor.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For many Americans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a crucial piece of that safety net, providing access to affordable health care, expanded coverage options, and support for innovative medical care delivery methods that lower health care costs.

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 22, 2022

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

Here’s how S.C.

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

adults like their health insurance plan rating it “excellent” (39%) or “good” (47%). adults have a favorable view of the ACA in July 2019. So only one-half of Americans think favorably about the ACA. Assuring that sicker people don’t pay more for health insurance coverage (64%).

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Health care will be a key issue driving people to their local polling places, so it’s an opportune moment to take the temperature on U.S. voters’ perspectives on healthcare reform. has the best health care system in the world. Today’s Financial Times features a poll that found two-thirds of U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

A Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll published April 24, 2019 found that most Americans health care policy priorities were to lower health care and prescription drug costs, ensure the ACA’s coverage of pre-existing conditions, and protect people from surprise medical bills.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In my 11 years of writing every one of over 2,000 Health Populi posts on this blog, I have never, ever mentioned the “f-word” here. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017.

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Kaiser Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

” She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy debates in Washington and on the campaign trail. Trump also unveiled his own proposal to address the long-term care crisis: a tax credit for family caregivers.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 24, 2023

The latest round of rules and legislation comes as the ACA — passed in 2010 — is now cemented in the system. Concerned that people would choose this option instead of more comprehensive and more expensive insurance offered through the ACA, President Barack Obama’s administration set rules limiting the policy terms to three months.

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