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April 10, 2014
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HHS Secretary Sebelius Resigns: Obamacare Victim or Scapegoat?

Less than two weeks after the official close of enrollment for Obamacare, the health reform's principal spokesperson has resigned. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was said today to be tendering her resignation, with President Obama set to nominate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Sylvia Burwell to replace her. Media reports say that Sebelius wil...
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April 10, 2014
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RAND Survey Says Obamacare Saw Net Gain of 9.3M Insured

After the close of the initial Obamacare sign-up period on March 31, a RAND Corp. survey found that there had been a net gain of 9.3 million insured Americans. Before enrollment started, RAND says there were 40.7 million Americans without health insurance. Since then 14.5 million have obtained coverage while 5.2 million have lost it, resulting in the 9.3 million net-gain figure. Meanw...
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April 10, 2014
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Obamacare Small Health Plan Caps Scrapped

As it was originally signed into law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) capped deductibles on health plans offered in the small group market at $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families. Problem was, with the caps so "low," insurers threatened to raise rates sky high, so the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a one-year regulatory reprieve for 2014. Now, i...
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April 10, 2014
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CMS Releases Detailed Physician Medicare Payment Data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released data on physician payments under Medicare in 2012, the first such disclosure in the history of the government-run health care system for those 65 and older. In all, the new "data set has information for over 880,000 distinct health care providers who collectively received $77 billion in Medicare payments in 2012, under...
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April 9, 2014
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IRS: Individual Mandate, Penalty Still On for 2014, But You Won't Have to Pay

An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official, testifying before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee yesterday, said that the Obamacare individual mandate and penalty for not purchasing health insurance are still on for 2014, but... “Individuals who can’t afford to pay that [the penalty] don’t have to pay it,” said Mark Iwry, the IRS representative. The penal...
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April 9, 2014
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Obama Signs Gender Equity Order for Federal Contractors

President Obama has issued an executive order aimed at creating compensation equity for men and women working for federal contractors. In doing so, the President asked the Secretary of Labor to require federal contractors to submit data on employee compensation by race and gender — which will help employers take proactive efforts to ensure fair pay for all their employees. &ldqu...
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April 7, 2014
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Former Obama Press Secretary Predicts End of Employer Mandate

Former Press Secretary to President Obama Robert Gibbs has pronounced the Obamacare employer mandate dead on arrival. Delayed twice already, the Employer Shared Responsibility provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is already on life support. Gibbs thinks it will be put out of its misery soon. “I don’t think the employer mandate will go into effect...
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April 7, 2014
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OSHA Seeks Commentary on Proposed CFPA Whistleblowers Protection Rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an interim final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling retaliation complaints under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). OSHA invites the public to submit comments on the interim final rule. CFPA, enacted July 21, 2010, protects employees against retaliation by entities that offer or provide c...
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April 5, 2014
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Medicaid Enrollments Reach 3 Million on Marketplaces

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday announced that 3 million poor Americans had signed up for Medicaid during the first enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which ended March 31. HHS did not say how many of the 3 million were former recipients just resigning up. The current data includes people who qualify for Medicaid programs that have existed for ...
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April 3, 2014
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Final Deadline for Obamacare Sign-Ups Finally Finalized

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday announced that those who started their health insurance sign-ups on HealthCare.gov but had difficulties could still enroll -- but they must do so by Tax Day, April 15, or face a non-compliance tax penalty at the end of the year. "For those in line on the 31st [of March], we encourage consumers to finish the process as ...
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