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	<title>Passion for Subro &#187; Connecticut</title>
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		<title>New year means new health insurance laws for Connecticut</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of 2012 ushered in seven new requirements for health insurance coverage provided by employers to Connecticut residents that proponents say will save lives and money in the long run. &#8220;An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,&#8221; said state Sen. Joseph Crisco Jr., D-Woodbridge, co-chairman of the state legislature&#8217;s Insurance and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent State Law Changes May Impact Your Health and Welfare Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a general rule, state insurance laws apply to employer-sponsored insured group health plans but not self-insured group health plans. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) generally exempts group health plans sponsored by private sector employers from state insurance laws. However, because insurers must comply with state insurance laws, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut drops insurers from Medicaid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. – In the past decade, most states have turned Medicaid over to private insurance plans, hoping they could control costs and improve care. Nearly half of the 60 million people in the government program for the poor are in managed-care plans run by insurance giants such as UnitedHealthcare and Aetna. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-12-28/connecticut-health-care-medicare-insurance/52257962/1]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALTHCARE REFORM – CT, ID – IL – KS – OH www.hr.cch.com CCH® BENEFITS — 08/26/11 from Spencer’s Benefits Reports: For the last few years, states have been leading the way toward more comprehensive health care coverage to ensure that more people have or can obtain health insurance. With the passage of federal health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Move To Implement Health Reform Provisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.hr.cch.com CCH® BENEFITS — 09/01/11 from Spencer’s Benefits Reports: According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts, 23 states have established American Health Benefit Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), have enacted legislation with the intent to establish an Exchange, or have Exchange legislation pending. Massachusetts and Vermont have established [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Middletown Connecticut Moves to Self-Funding from Fully-Insured and Saves $800,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.myhealthguide.com MyHealthGuide Source:  MiddletownPatch, 8/11/2011, MP Article Middletown CT &#8211; Mayor Sebastian N. Giuliano has announced the decision to move from fully insuring the citys medical program to self-funding has saved taxpayers more than $800,000. &#8220;We simply have to look at alternative ways to finance government operations,&#8221; Giuliano said, &#8220;changing the status quo based upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amicus Committee Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.subrogation.org NASP testifies in South Dakota: Committee Rejects HB 1184 South Dakota’s House Bill 1184 was voted down in the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 24, 2011 by a 4-3 vote.  Daran Kiefer, NASP’s Vice President, and Kammy Poff, NASP’s Amicus Chair, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday on behalf of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/federal-circuits/washington-dc/state-health-care-reform-update-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/federal-circuits/washington-dc/state-health-care-reform-update-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CCH® BENEFITS, www.hr.cch.com California The California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) has approved an average increase of more than 9% in health premiums next year for state and local government workers. CalPERS blamed the rate increase on rising costs for hospital care, doctor visits, and prescriptions. The increase will mean higher premiums for public agencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Net to Pay $250,000 to Settle First-ever State HIPAA Privacy Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thompson.com Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve a HIPAA privacy lawsuit by the state of Connecticut that was the first to be filed under HIPAA&#8217;s recently added state enforcement powers. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had sued Health Net in January over a major data breach that the insurer suffered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut House Bill HB 5090</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Adam &#38; Ron, Earlier this year Charlie sent you and email about a proposed Connecticut House Bill HB 5090 which was an Act to Regulate Third Party Administrators. We had several concerns with the bill. Two of the more major concerns was that attempted to block TPAs from getting paid for % savings work. [...]]]></description>
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