health insurance issuer

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  HR pop quiz: Waiting periods and PPACA

  By Jenny Ivy  |  May 21, 2012

  Public Health Service (PHS) Act section 2708, as added by the Affordable Care Act, provides that, in plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, a group health plan or group health insurance issuer shall not apply any waiting period that exceeds how many days?

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  The HR guide to Summary of Benefits and Coverage

  By Jenny Ivy  |  May 8, 2012

  Enrollment season this year will bring an added compliance requirement for employers, which is intended to help plan enrollees know exactly what they’re getting out of their policy.

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  6 FAQs about end of COBRA subsidy

  By Jenny Ivy  |  August 30, 2011

  In light of the subsidies coming to an end, the Department of Labor updated Tuesday its COBRA ARRA Web page with six FAQs

• HHS drafts co-op regs

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  July 19, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed regulations for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program – an initiative that is supposed to create a new type of nonprofit, consumer-governed health insurer.