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Employer Mandate and Penalties Under the Affordable Care Act: Understanding...
Under the new employer mandate imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers will pay about $130 billion in penalties over the next 10 years. The ACA employer mandate is highly complex and...
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Health Care Costs: Slowdown in Growth is Because of Economy, Not Obamacare
Growth in health care spending has slowed recently. Why? Supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – aka Obamacare – says its due to the controversial law, although most of the ACA’s provisions are...
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Health Care Spending and Hypertension: The Cost of High Blood Pressure
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is related to several major chronic diseases. Obesity and diabetes raise your chance of developing high blood pressure, which in turn makes you more likely to...
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Health Insurance Exchange Premiums: Adverse Selection Possibly Mitigated with...
Fears abound that health insurance premium increases because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will discourage young, healthy people from participating in the Health Insurance Exchanges. But most young...
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Health Insurance Exchanges: Progress Report on State-Based Exchanges
States and the federal government are doing all they can to make sure the Health Insurance Exchanges – also called Health Insurance Marketplaces – open on time, on October 1 this year. The rush to make...
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Shared Savings: Most Popular Model, Best Practices for Accountable Care...
Even as Accountable Care Organizations and other payment reform models become more common, there is still not much comprehensive information about which models providers participate in most often, and...
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Obamacare and Employers: 10 Pain Points for Employers Under the Affordable...
Employers face a multitude of challenges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA fundamentally changes the landscape for employer sponsored health insurance, forcing businesses to understand,...
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Future of Health Insurance Industry: Public Programs, Consolidation, New...
Health insurance in America has changed dramatically in the past few years, changes that will speed up once the Affordable Care Act (ACA) major provisions take effect in 2014. It’s easy to be sucked...
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Health Care Price Transparency: Recommendations for State and Federal...
Price transparency – or making price information publicly available – is an idea that has gained steam recently as one more way to reduce health costs and improve quality. So far, that has taken the...
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Autoimmune Disorders and Healthcare Payor Concerns
The causes of autoimmune disorders such as lupus, diabetes (type 1), rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren’s syndrome have not been determined, but an abnormal immune response is the common feature. While...
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