A longtime health law specialist says health policymakers should remember that the Internal Revenue Service is the entity in charge of enforcing the new federal health coverage mandates.

William Schiffbauer, a lawyer in private practice, raised that point in a comment on new draft regulations posted on the Regulatory Framework Task Force section of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners website.

The NAIC is updating individual and small-group health insurance coverage model regulation drafts to reflect the changes made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.