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Oct 11 2010

freep.com

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Consumers previously rejected by insurers or forced to wait six months for coverage because they have costly medical problems are starting to get benefits from a new statewide program for uninsured people.

Oct 11 2010

Kaiser Health News

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The Wall Street Journal took the Secretary of DHS to task for abusing the power of her office for political purposes. And they were absolutely right to do so.

Oct 09 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXVII

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The regular weekend lineup of health care news, including doctors trying to limit nurse anesthetists' practices; text messaging for teenager dermatitis patients; Hewitt's cost projections for 2011; physicians and the…

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Oct 07 2010

New York Times

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The waivers have been issued in the last several weeks as part of a broader strategic effort to stave off threats by some health insurers to abandon markets, drop out of the business altogether or refuse to sell certain policies.

Oct 07 2010

USA Today

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McDonald’s, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers

Oct 06 2010

HHS.gov

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A total of nearly 3,000 employers and unions has been approved to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to date; applications still being accepted

Oct 06 2010

Bloomberg

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Almost a million workers were exempted from the health law meant to cap insurance costs. The waiver program is intended to provide continuous coverage until 2014, when new government-organized marketplaces will offer insurance subsidized by tax credits

Oct 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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3M Co. on Friday informed retirees and workers it will stop offering a group health-insurance plan to retirees not old enough for Medicare by 2015, citing the federal health overhaul as a factor.

Oct 04 2010

Washington Post

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Federal employees will see their health insurance premiums increase at a far higher rate than their pay next year, but less than many private sector workers

Oct 01 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Selling Insurance Across State Lines: Still A Partisan Fight

Oct 01 2010

New York Times

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The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect.

Sep 28 2010

dallasnews.com

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Higher medical claims, an aging workforce and reverberations from a new health care law will lead to an expected 9 percent health care cost increase for Dallas employers next year, according to a study released Monday

Sep 28 2010

New York Times

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Employees will have to pay more than 12 percent more out of their pockets, according to Hewitt Associates. The Hewitt report blames higher medical claim costs, an aging population and U.S. healthcare reform.

Sep 27 2010

New York Times

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The law does not prevent insurers from charging more to cover highly expensive chronic conditions until 2014. Some carriers have responded to the provision by ending the sale of child-only policies.

Sep 27 2010

Star Tribune

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Two of Minnesota’s biggest health plans have temporarily suspended sales of individual health insurance policies – they are awaiting guidance on new rules, including those around coverage of kids with pre-existing conditions.

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