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Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions!

Tony Ondrusek — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:28 +0000

As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.

Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions! via IFAwebnews.

GAO: Insurance agents could be ‘used’ differently in health exchanges

Bob Graham — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:29:59 +0000

“Using health agents and brokers differently” might encourage people to enroll in health insurance, if the controversial individual mandate included in the federal health reform law were eliminated, according to a new government report exploring health exchanges.

GAO: Insurance agents could be ‘used’ differently in health exchanges via IFAwebnews.

Experts offer options in case health reform’s individual mandate dies

Bob Graham — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:24:03 +0000

Elimination of the individual mandate from the federal health reform law would not kill the effort, according to 41 health insurance industry experts, who suggested nine possible alternatives.

Experts offer options in case health reform’s individual mandate dies via IFAwebnews.

Brown, Boehner urge starting over again on federal health care reform

Keith L. Martin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:27 +0000

The newest member of Congress said health care reform was on its “last legs” before his election and is calling for Washington, D.C., to start from scratch on health reform, a stance echoed by one of the highest-ranking Republicans.

Brown, Boehner urge starting over again on federal health care reform via IFAwebnews.

Consumer Watchdog urges Pelosi to reform health insurance industry

Keith L. Martin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:20:18 +0000

Foreshadowing the death of a public option in a comprehensive health reform bill that would garner the signature of President Barack Obama, Consumer Watchdog is urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to strengthen oversight of the health insurance industry.

Consumer Watchdog urges Pelosi to reform health insurance industry via IFAwebnews.

Virginia attorney general questions constitutionality of health mandate

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:42:34 +0000

Virginia’s outgoing attorney general says any move by Congress to mandate the purchase of private health insurance may be unconstitutional.

Virginia attorney general questions constitutionality of health mandate via IFAwebnews.

Corbett, other AGs may sue over Medicaid exemption granted to Nebraska

Bob Graham — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:34:40 +0000

At least nine Republican attorneys general, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, are questioning the legality of a compromise on Nebraska’s Medicaid payments that enabled the U.S. Senate’s health care reform bill to win approval.

Corbett, other AGs may sue over Medicaid exemption granted to Nebraska via IFAwebnews.

U.S. Senate passes health care reform that differs from House’s bill

Bob Graham — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:26:27 +0000

The U.S. Senate passed a health care reform bill today (Dec. 24), excluding a government-run insurance plan, but calling for sweeping changes in the nation’s $2.5 billion health care system

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U.S. Senate passes health care reform that differs from House’s bill via IFAwebnews.

Senate abandons public option, pushes its health reform bill forward

Keith L. Martin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:52:58 +0000

President Barack Obama may get one of his Christmas wishes this year as the Senate took the first steps to advance its comprehensive health reform bill.

Senate abandons public option, pushes its health reform bill forward via IFAwebnews.

Public option ‘compromise’ may shift Senate health reform talks

Keith L. Martin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:27:17 +0000

One of the biggest obstacles going into the Senate’s debate on a comprehensive health care reform measure was the existence of a government-run public insurance option.

Public option ‘compromise’ may shift Senate health reform talks via IFAwebnews.