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Nine former employees of Aflac Inc. are claiming pervasive fraud and other misconduct, including pushing them to use sales tactics akin to those of the Wells Fargo scandal, as well as ruthlessly retaliating against whistleblowers.

Unlike the recently repealed federal mandate, the proposed policy would allow those who pay penalties for going without coverage to use that money as a down payment for an insurance plan.

Maine Community Health Options seeks $5.6 billion in CSR payments that it would have received in 2017 if the federal government hadnt announced that it was ending the program in October.

Caring Voice, one of the biggest patient-assistance charities in the U.S., announced last week it wont offer patients financial assistance in 2018 after losing a crucial stamp of approval from the U.S. government.

More small employers will be looking for new ways to bend the cost curve in the new year, including adopting new funding strategies and innovative payment models. Here are three trends to watch in the small group space next year.

Idaho governor Butch Otter has signed an executive order instructing the state department of insurance to draft new regulations to allow a broader array of insurance policies to be sold in the state.