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	<title>Passion for Subro &#187; Illinois</title>
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	<description>The personal subrogation blog of Attorney Adam V. Russo.</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>States to Get U.S. Bonuses for Covering Uninsured Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHIP –AL, AK, CA, ID, IL, OA, KS, LA, MI, NJ, NM, OH, OR, WA, WI Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Twenty-three states will share $296.5 million in U.S. payments for encouraging low-income families to enroll their children in public health programs. Bonuses announced today reward states that streamline eligibility for Medicaid, the federal-state health program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital merger challenged &#8211; FTC keeps up interest in healthcare deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1989 and 1990, federal courts ordered two hospitals in Rockford, Ill., to stop merger talks after concluding that the combined organization would threaten competition and gain too much clout at the bargaining table with insureres. Twenty-two years later, FTC lawyers are making the same arguments, specifically citing the 1989 and 1990 federal court opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/arizona/state-health-care-reform-update-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/arizona/state-health-care-reform-update-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 reform, states will have increasing responsibilities in regard to employer-provided health insurance benefits. Spencer’s Benefits Reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/connecticut/state-health-care-reform-update-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/connecticut/state-health-care-reform-update-21/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/california/states-move-to-implement-health-reform-provisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/california/states-move-to-implement-health-reform-provisions/#comments</comments>
		<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>Amicus Committee Update  &#8211; Two Class-Action Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/subrogation/amicus-committee-update-two-class-action-lawsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/subrogation/amicus-committee-update-two-class-action-lawsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.subrogation.org Over the past several weeks, two lawsuits seeking class certification have been filed and both suits could potentially affect the way carriers pursue and handle their subrogation rights.  Rebecca Meek-Horton v Trover Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Healthcare Recoveries, et. al.  The Horton case threatens to jeopardize Medicare Advantage plans right to subrogate in the State of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update &#8211; Illinois</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/illinois/state-health-care-reform-update-illinois/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/illinois/state-health-care-reform-update-illinois/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.hr.cch.com CCH® BENEFITS — 05/25/11 Illinois. Beginning July 1, the state will tighten its eligibility requirements for its AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The program’s current income limit for eligibility is 500% of the federal poverty level (FPL), or $54,450 for a single individual. After July 1, only HIV-positive individuals whose incomes are at or below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Health Care Reform Update</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/california/state-health-care-reform-update-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/state-law/california/state-health-care-reform-update-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.hr.cch.com      CCH® BENEFITS — 04/04/11 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 reform, states will have increasing responsibilities in regard to employer-provided health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Affirms ICA&#8217;s Standing to Pursue ERISA Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/provider-reimbursement/judge-affirms-icas-standing-to-pursue-erisa-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/provider-reimbursement/judge-affirms-icas-standing-to-pursue-erisa-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.chiroeco.com March 14, 2011 — The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) announced today that its claims challenging the overpayment recovery practices of various Blue Cross Blue Shield entities were upheld by Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the United Stated District Court in Chicago, IL, in Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, [...]]]></description>
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