Supreme Court’s Healthcare Decision Expected Thursday. The Supreme Court said Monday that it will announce the remainder of its decisions for the term on Thursday. The New York Times (6/26, Times, Subscription Publication) says the announcement makes it “very likely that a decision on the comprehensive law overhauling health care will come that day.” The
Read More...Many human resource professionals and benefit decision makers at companies of all sizes are not confident that their organizations understand their new responsibilities under the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Also, preparedness for key upcoming ACA regulations varies greatly across different sized companies. ADP recently surveyed more than 800 human resource and benefit
Read More...The United Health Group, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, announced Sunday night that it planned to continue offering some of the popular consumer protections required by the federal health care law, even if the Supreme Court declares the entire law unconstitutional later this month. The company, whose annual revenues top $100 billion, says it will continue
Read More...If the entire Affordable Care Act wins the constitutional challenge, managed care companies and insurers win big because they get to divvy up as many as 32 million new customers who’ll be required by law to buy health insurance – many of them young and healthy. That should more than offset any losses incurred by
Read More...June 2, 2012 (Sacramento) Wednesday the Senate approved Senate Bill 961, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez, O.D. (D – West Covina), to make many of the protections established under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) part of California law. SB 961 requires every health plan, by January 1, 2014, to include guaranteed
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