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By Elizabeth Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 10, 2012
A House panel plans to act soon on legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the Medical Loss Ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 26, 2012
To the people who cover Washington, we call it chronicling situational immorality. Not since Bush v. Gore have we seen madness that could compare to this week’s Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 21, 2012
A House amendment that would repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurers contained in the McCarran-Ferguson Act has been ruled in order for floor debate.
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By Arthur D. Postal |
March 7, 2012
Every state will have a health insurance exchange when the system is scheduled to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2014, the head of the government bureau implementing the healthcare law says.
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By Elizabeth Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 3, 2012
The state of Florida continues to carry the banner of agents on the medical loss ratio issue, asking federal health regulators to review its decision not to exempt Florida from the rule.
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By Laura Mazzuca Toops, AA&B editor |
December 1, 2011
With a host of state and federal legislative issues up for grabs (NFIP, NARAB II, health care reform and more), insurance trade associations are busier than ever representing the needs of their members to legislators. Find out about what the industry’s top associations have in store for 2012 and beyond.
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By Ted Besesparis |
September 1, 2011
Although an NFIP extension passed, don’t hold your breath for other bipartisan bills
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 15, 2011
Friday’s decision by an appeals court panel on the healthcare law ensures that the Supreme Court will be the ultimate arbiter of the law’s constitutionality, but otherwise further muddies the water as to what benefits employers will have to provide to their employees, industry officials said.
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By Nicole Zwartz |
August 1, 2011
A stressed agency recovers with determined new owner and staff
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 13, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has decided an indirect, behind-the-scenes approach to reducing the strain on health insurance agents through the medical loss ratio provision will be most effective
