by ryan | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Starting in the fall, all new health plans must cover certain preventive screenings and other services for pregnant women at no additional cost to the patient. Those include folic acid supplements, which reduce the risk of neural tube defects in developing fetuses,...
by ryan | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Federal agencies are rushing young adult dependent coverage interim final rules into effect without going through the usual comment period. The Employee Benefits Security Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Labor, has posted a preliminary version of the...
by ryan | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
The new health reform law is the most far-reaching health legislation since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The following is a look at the impact of the law, which will extend insurance coverage to 32 million additional Americans by 2019, but which...
by ryan | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
President Obama has unveiled a health bill proposal that could give federal regulators the authority to regulate health insurance rates. The rate regulation provision is part of a proposal that the Obama administration has drafted in an effort to “bridge the gap”...
by ryan | Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is asking the Indiana attorney general to conduct a legal analysis of the Senate health insurance proposal. Attorney General Greg Zoeller says he’ll look at the constitutionality of parts of the federal health care bill, including...
