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Federal health exchange officials too busy to worry about Supreme Court

Bob Graham — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:14:48 +0000

Teresa Miller, a key advisor in the federal office creating health exchanges, said she and her colleagues are too busy implementing the federal health reform law to worry about how the U.S. Supreme Court might rule on it.

Federal health exchange officials too busy to worry about Supreme Court via IFAwebnews.

NAHU asks members to call senators to get broker compensation exempt

Bob Graham — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:54 +0000

The National Association of Health Underwriters is urging its membership to contact their senators to support a bill that would exempt agent and broker commissions from the medical loss ratios controlling health insurers' spending.

NAHU asks members to call senators to get broker compensation exempt via IFAwebnews.

Two years later, Obama health reform law fuels instability, questions

Bob Graham — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:51:53 +0000

The federal health reform law, a landmark piece of legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama two years ago today (March 23), has delivered on its promise to change health care in the U.S.

Two years later, Obama health reform law fuels instability, questions via IFAwebnews.

Time to Occupy HHS to ensure agency doesn’t continue to overreach

Ross Schriftman — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:47:20 +0000

For more than 20 years I have been going to Washington to visit with our members of Congress and their staff in order to promote common sense, workable solutions to reform health care.

Time to Occupy HHS to ensure agency doesn’t continue to overreach via IFAwebnews.

Obamacare: Closed government with open-ended results

John Lobert — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:22:12 +0000

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has ignited the biggest flap between women’s rights advocates and religious leaders since abortion was invented. She did it by demonstrating one of the flaws in Obamacare: it is so open-ended that the government can make of it what it wants. I am talking, of course, about mandating that health insurance cover birth-control pills.

Obamacare: Closed government with open-ended results via IFAwebnews.

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.

Feinstein, advocates push review of Calif. health insurance rate hikes

IFAwebnews Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:11:55 +0000

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a San Francisco Democrat, has joined forces with those seeking approval of an initiative that would allow California to regulate health insurance rates.

Feinstein, advocates push review of Calif. health insurance rate hikes via IFAwebnews.

Bill may ‘fix’ what HHS doesn’t see in agent compensation under MLR

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:11:32 +0000

A bipartisan, companion Senate bill to the House bill excluding insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations will be introduced in a few days, although the political environment makes its passage uncertain.

Bill may ‘fix’ what HHS doesn’t see in agent compensation under MLR via IFAwebnews.

HHS tells Texas it can’t phase in health reform’s medical loss ratio

Bob Graham — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:55 +0000

The Obama Administration rejected Texas' request that it be allowed to phase in federal health reform's medical loss ratio to prevent the state's health insurance market from destabilizing.

HHS tells Texas it can’t phase in health reform’s medical loss ratio via IFAwebnews.

Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer

Bob Graham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:50:25 +0000

Rep. Jan Schakowsky told health care advocates that the November presidential election is all about health reform and how far it can be taken.

Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer via IFAwebnews.