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High Deductibles Don’t Promote Price Shopping

Will consumers make more cost-effective choices of health services and doctors if they are spending their own money? Common sense suggests they would, but researchers have found that consumers don’t always make health care decisions that way.

The study was based on a survey of nearly 2,000..

High Deductibles Don’t Promote Price Shopping
Revisions To The ACA Continue Into 2016
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Revisions To The ACA Continue Into 2016

It should come as no surprise that the Affordable Care Act is still very much a work in progress. Over the course of six years, the ACA has made..
Money vs. Healthcare
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Money vs. Healthcare

When it comes to health care, many view it as a luxury rather than necessity. Health care is one “luxury,” that if given the option of having less..
Cutting Hours To Avoid Health Care Coverage brings Dave & Busters Under Legal Scrutiny
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Cutting Hours To Avoid Health Care Coverage brings Dave & Busters Under Legal Scrutiny

A clss ction lawsuit has been filed outside of federal courts in New York against restaurant and gaming chain Dave & Busters. The reason? Cutting..
New Barometer: Health Network Size for Insurance Ratings
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New Barometer: Health Network Size for Insurance Ratings

2016 has thus far posed some significant changes in both the attitudes of citizens toward health care coverage and those required to provide it...
Opposition Of Medicaid Expansion Produces Hurdles For States
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Opposition Of Medicaid Expansion Produces Hurdles For States

In April of last year, the Center on Budget and Policy Properties (“CBPP”) released a report detailing which states have and have not expanded their

2016 Employer Mandate Penalties: Do You Have To Pay?
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2016 Employer Mandate Penalties: Do You Have To Pay?

As an applicable large employer (ALE) with at least 50 full-time and full-time equivalent employees, the Affordable Care Act requires employers to..
Wisconsin’s Confusing Relationship With The ACA
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Wisconsin’s Confusing Relationship With The ACA

While the Affordable Care Act has posed some questions and conflicts with certain states, it appears that Wisconsin may be the most conflicted...
Poll Shows the ACA Still Divided Among Americans
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Poll Shows the ACA Still Divided Among Americans

In a seven state health care poll conducted by NPR and its associates, the results provided a multi-tiered outlook on the effects of the Affordable..
6 Years Later: Impacts of the ACA on Health Care?
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6 Years Later: Impacts of the ACA on Health Care?

When the Affordable Care Act was first passed in 2010, it was with the intention of providing health care coverage to all who previously couldn’t..