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	<description>The personal subrogation blog of Attorney Adam V. Russo.</description>
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		<title>Health Reform to Require Insurers to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People in the market for health insurance will soon have clear, understandable and straightforward information on what health plans will cover, what limitations or conditions will apply, and what they will pay for services thanks to the Affordable Care Act – the health reform law – according to final regulations published today. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/02/20120209a.html]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to the Supreme Court&#8217;s Review of the 2010 Health Care Reform Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Supreme Court preparing to hear oral arguments about challenges to the 2010 Affordable Care Act in March 2012, this Kaiser Family Foundation brief serves as a primer on the pending case, which challenges the constitutionality both of the law&#8217;s individual mandate that requires most Americans to obtain health insurance and of provisions requiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama plays his Catholic allies for fools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In politics, the timing is often the message. On Jan. 20 — three days before the annual March for Life — the Obama administration announced its final decision that Catholic universities, hospitals and charities will be compelled to pay for health insurance that covers sterilization, contraceptives and abortifacients. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-radical-power-grab-on-health-care/2012/01/30/gIQANB7XdQ_story.html]]></description>
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		<title>ACOS: The fix to a fragmented system?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/medicare/acos-the-fix-to-a-fragmented-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are serious issues with our health care system and even more question as how to fix it. Accountable care organizations aim to directly address the problems plaguing health care, including cost, quality and satisfaction. They’re also an integral component to health care reform. But are ACOs the way to go? For years, the U.S. health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare for Health Plan Participant Fee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under health care reform, plan sponsors of self-funded health plans and health insurance issuers will owe a new fee that is first payable for plan years ending after September 30, 2012. For calendar year plans this means the fee applies this year. Many questions about the fee are currently unanswered, including when it must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Union: Time To Trim the Regulatory Fat in Health Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As president, Barack Obama has presided over the largest expansion of U.S. health care services since the creation of Medicare. But that doesn&#8217;t mean the president is immune to cutting back, too. As Obama continues to shift away from touting the Affordable Care Act and focus on its implementation, it&#8217;s clear that streamlining federal regulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health benefits feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flexibility for employers, a minimum federal compliance standard for states, and a clear definition of “medical necessity” were among the essential health benefit recommendations that provider groups, business associations and health plans sent to HHS. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120204/MAGAZINE/302049975/]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Health Tracking Poll &#8212; January 2012</title>
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		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/supreme-court/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-january-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Supreme Court prepares to hear legal challenges to the health reform law in March, most Americans expect the Justices to base their ruling on their own ideological views rather than their interpretation of the law, according to the January Health Tracking Poll. Other key findings include: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8274.cfm]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare mandate in bad faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last August, under authority granted by Obama- care, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius published an “interim final rule” for comment that would require private health-insurance plans to cover, as “preventive services,” all FDA-approved “sterilization procedures” and “contraceptive methods” — and without deductibles or co-pays. We and other critics raised numerous objections, none [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numerous &#8220;Friend of the Court&#8221; Briefs Filed in Support of PPACA&#8217;s Individual Mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January witnessed the filing of the first briefs in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) cases now before the Supreme Court. Initial briefs on the four issues — the Anti-Injunction Act, minimum coverage requirement, severability and Medicaid — have all been submitted. Numerous amicus curiae — or &#8220;friend of the court&#8221; — briefs [...]]]></description>
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