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July 27, 2016

Does Marijuana Save Medicare Drug Costs? Critics be warned; marijuana may help put Medicare back in the black. In 2013, the first year that marijuana became...

Justice Department Sues to Block Merger of Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana

July 27, 2016

In a trend of challenges to large mergers, the Department of Justice brought suit to stop two separate mergers of the nation’s largest healthcare insurers;...

3 Charged in $1 Billion Medicare Fraud

July 27, 2016

In what the Department of Justice is calling the “largest single criminal health care fraud case against individuals ever,” three people were charged with...

What INVESTMENT ADVISORS need to know about the Safe Senior Act of 2016!

July 7, 2016

The Safe Senior Act of 2016, H.R. 4538, was unanimously approved by the House this week following last month’s approval by the House Financial Services...

New This Week

July 7, 2016

Aetna & Humana Merger To appease regulators who are concerned over potential antitrust issues as a result of the merger with Humana, Aetna will sell more...

Court Struck Down Bar on Sale of Fixed-Benefits Benefits Coverage

July 7, 2016

Consumers have the right to purchase stand-alone health insurance coverage, despite the fact that the coverage may not meet the qualification of the Affordable...

Uninsured Millennials… Here Comes Obama

June 30, 2016

Last week, the Obama Administration announced that they would be searching the tax records of 18-34 year olds in search of uninsured millennials who paid an...

PBR- New Approach to Life Insurance Reserving

June 30, 2016

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that they have adopted a new recommendation of reserving life insurance policies....

How Will Brexit Affect US Insurance Industry?

June 30, 2016

The result of the recent referendum, in which Great Britain voted to leave the European Union could have some impact on the P&C insurance industry,...

What’s New This Week?

June 23, 2016

GOP “A Better Way” Obamacare Replacement Plan House Republicans released their version of the healthcare plan to replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The...