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| Individual Mandate Opposition
Efforts Move Forward |
| Efforts to
prevent the individual mandate portion of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act from taking effect in 2014
gained significant ground this week, at least from a public
relations perspective. A ballot
initiative stating that
Missouri residents cannot be required to obtain health
insurance coverage passed on Tuesday with an overwhelming 71%
of the vote. Read
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| No Rest for the Weary—Speaker
Pelosi Will Call House Back from Vacation for FMAP Vote |
| Members of the House of Representatives haven’t
even been back in their districts for a week, but
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has already called them back to
work—via Twitter! Pelosi announced in a tweet on
Wednesday: "I will be calling
the House back into session early next week to save teachers'
jobs and help seniors & children #FMAP.” Read
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| Is Medicare Really In Better
Financial Shape than We Thought? |
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The Obama administration announced
on Thursday that the life of the Medicare trust fund has been
extended until 2029. They concluded that savings due to
health reform have allowed them to predict that the program
will remain financially viable for 12 more years than last
year’s estimate. Read
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| 1099 Repeal Goes Bipartisan and
Will Be Considered by the Senate in September |
| House
Republicans may not have been successful in their effort last
week to repeal the part of PPACA that requires businesses to
file a 1099 form for any vendor for whom they pay more than
$600 on in a given year beginning in 2011, but the effort has
gained significant ground in the Senate this
week. Read
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| Legislation Introduced to
Repeal FSA and HSA Limitations |
| NAHU
has endorsed Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s
(R-TX) recently-introduced Patients’ Freedom to Choose
Act, legislation that repeals two provisions included in the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Read
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| NAIC Summer Meeting |
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The National Association of
Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will hold its summer meeting
August 13-17 in Seattle. In addition to the regularly
scheduled committee meetings, there will continue to be a
significant focus on health reform
implementation. Read
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| Wellness Works Materials
Available |
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Materials for the Wellness Works
series by the Education
Foundation are now available. Share videos and flyers on
wellness programs with your clients and promote them through
social media. More topics will be posted soon. Read
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