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As large employers back away from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized ones embrace it: EBRI

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As large employers take a step back from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized employers are taking a step forward in embracing that coverage option, according to an issue brief by the Employee B | The share of large employers offering self-insurance options to employees steadily declined since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with it dropping (..)

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Opinion: Close a regulatory loophole in the ACA to provide vaccine access for all Americans

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , (generally known as the ACA), was signed into law in 2010. It expanded access to affordable, quality health care, and today is helping 45 million people — the highest total on record — be covered by health insurance.

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STAT+: Peter Orszag wants the FTC and DOJ to stop challenging health care mergers

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In this case, the biggest piece of health care legislation in the past half-century has been a fountain of wealth for the financial advisers that help hospitals, health insurers, and other large companies merge with each other. Orszag, the CEO of Lazard, served in President Barack Obama’s administration and was an architect of the ACA.

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Lactation coverage advocates say ACA mandate is still not enforced

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When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, the legislation set forth requirements for insurers to cover lactation services for mothers, a stark contrast from expecting families to pay o | The Affordable Care Act says insurance companies must front the cost for lactation care.

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STAT+: Former medical device CEO who sold fake plastic parts sentenced to 6 years in prison

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Under CEO Laura Perryman’s leadership, the company warped the design of their devices to earn more reimbursement money from insurers, resulting in unnecessary plastic parts that allowed doctors to claim around $18,000 more than they previously could. Perryman led the company from 2010 to 2019.  attorney Damian Williams.

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Opinion: Eliminate the waiting period for sterilization covered by Medicaid

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But there’s no waiting period for people covered by private insurance. From 1919 to 1952, more than 20,000 nonconsensual sterilizations took place in that state; the law was not repealed until 1979 in state hospitals and, frighteningly, was still in effect in state prisons until 2010. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Former medical device CEO who sold dummy, plastic parts convicted of fraud

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Laura Perryman led Stimwave, which sold nerve stimulation devices to combat pain, from 2010 to 2019. The maximum jail sentence for each count is 20 years.

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