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In light of the new legislation, much of it being made up as time goes along each day, it behooves all stakeholders to step back before the end of this calendar year to analyze what may work best for the potential outcomes and what is already in place.

Like the villain in a bad slasher flick, Congress will be back to take another stab at Medicare cuts.

Some Florida health insurers may be sending in letters of intent this Friday to join Florida Health Choices, a web-based marketplace that may have to stand in as the state health care exchange, as Florida has sent the Feds packing as far as implementing an exchange under the PPACA. ...

Including Social Security benefits when deciding whether families qualify for health insurance purchase subsidies could save the government about $13 billion from 2014 through 2021, budget analysts say.

Health insurers and HMOs will have to put a larger share of the money they collect from consumers into medical care under a new medical loss ratio (MLR) law that goes into effect Jan. 1, one of 10 new California Department of Insurance (CDI) bills signed by the governor recently.

A new health benefits coalition that represents employers, pharmacy benefit managers and health plans is offering up some criteria it believes will make it easier to administer an essential health benefits package, which is required by health reform.