FCCI Insights | Congress

New Regulations Redefine Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance

While the nation was preoccupied with the 2016 Presidential Election, Congress was pushing on with more finalized regulations involving the Affordable Care Act. Last month, the Departments of the Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services released a memo detailing their final regulations..

New Regulations Redefine Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance

Will Trump No Longer Repeal The Affordable Care Act?

Will Trump No Longer Repeal The Affordable Care Act?

The 2016 Presidential election has come to a close, and Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. The election came with a..

Op-Ed: Waiting To Exhale: Clinton, Trump, & The Fate Of Healthcare Reform

Op-Ed: Waiting To Exhale: Clinton, Trump, & The Fate Of Healthcare Reform

The 2016 Presidential election has been arguably the most stress inducing election for Americans in recent history. And for a myriad of reasons...

The GOP Wins ACA Funding Dispute, But Perhaps Not For Long

The GOP Wins ACA Funding Dispute, But Perhaps Not For Long

On Thursday (May 12), a federal court judge ruled against the White House’s favor, with regard to an allocation of funds spent with the ACA’s..

Medicaid and ACA Split the GOP

Medicaid and ACA Split the GOP

For Republicans in Congress are finding themselves in the awkward position of arguing against the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of Medicaid..

Congress Suspends “Cadillac” and Medical Device Taxes

Congress Suspends “Cadillac” and Medical Device Taxes

Congress has delayed for two years implementation the Affordable Care Act’s controversial “Cadillac Tax” on costly plans, suspended for two years..

HHS Will Test Bundled Fee for Joint Replacements

HHS Will Test Bundled Fee for Joint Replacements

A unit the Department and Human Services (HHS) will test bundled and quality for hip and knee replacement, beginning April 1, 2016.

The test is..