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		<title>Health Care Innovation Awardees Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last week the first group of 26 projects slated to receive over $120 million in Health Care Innovation Awards. The awards – made possible by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) support projects nationwide that will “save money, deliver high quality medical care and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Says Health Care Out Of Reach to Millions of Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study published this week in the journal Health Affairs, reports that one in five Americans under 65 had an “unmet medical need” because of the high cost of healthcare – up from one in eight in 2000. What amounts to tens of millions of adults in the United States, watched their access to health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurers Move Forward on Private Health Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-insurers-move-forward-on-private-health-exchanges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter what the Supreme Court decides on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), it’s likely that Health Insurance Exchanges are here to stay. Even if the Supreme Court were to strike down the PPACA, many health insurance companies are pursuing development of private exchanges that support many of the initiatives outlined in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchange Eligibility Tools Coming from CMS</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-insurance-exchange-eligibility-tools-coming-from-cms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-insurance-exchange-eligibility-tools-coming-from-cms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on April 30, announced plans to develop verification data services to support coverage and eligibility tools for state Health Insurance Exchanges. CMS wants to identify data sources that can be used or adapted to verify whether someone qualifies for coverage in an employer-sponsored plan and whether they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Believes Health Reform May Cause Employers to Drop Coverage</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/gop-believes-health-reform-may-cause-employers-to-drop-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A report issued last week by the Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee weighed in on the issue of employer behavior in the face of health reform. Looking at options employees will have to purchase their own insurance through state Health Insurance Exchanges, the GOP predicts that some of America’s largest companies may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Secures $1.9 Billion Dollars for Health Reform Implementation</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/oregon-secures-1-9-billion-dollars-for-health-reform-implementation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (D) has secured $1.9 billion from the Obama administration for a program designed to save the state money on health care and improve care for the poor. Under the new program, over 600,000 people enrolled in Oregon’s Medicaid program, called the Oregon Health Plan, will be given access to “coordinated care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groups Weigh in on Health Insurance Exchanges and Employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two organizations have issued two different opinions on the critical question of how employers will react to changes implemented in 2014 according to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including state Health Insurance Exchanges. The first report – issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) examines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Rebates to Top $1 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-rebates-to-top-1-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-rebates-to-top-1-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), insurers who spend less than 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical care and quality improvements, must issue rebates to policyholders. A new estimate from the Kaiser Family Foundation, of the filings made to state insurance commissioners, reports that the amount returned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: GOP Says Health Reform Taxes Could Hurt Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-gop-says-health-reform-taxes-could-hurt-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-gop-says-health-reform-taxes-could-hurt-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans held a Small Business Committee meeting on April 18 to discuss taxes created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March of 2010 and the effect those taxes could have on small businesses. In 2014, the employer health insurance mandate will go into effect, requiring businesses with 50 or more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Could Lose if Health Reform Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/many-could-lose-if-health-reform-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/many-could-lose-if-health-reform-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Los Angeles Times describes one aspect of the fallout that could occur if the Supreme Court does indeed throw out health reform in response to the challenge of the individual insurance mandate. The article cites 700,000 low-income Californians who could lose a once-in-a-lifetime chance to purchase affordable health insurance. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Asks IRS What Is Being Done with Health Reform Money</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/gop-asks-irs-what-is-being-done-with-health-reform-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/gop-asks-irs-what-is-being-done-with-health-reform-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Republican Representatives – Dave Camp and Charles Boustany Jr. – are asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide information on how much money they are being given to implement parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Camp, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, sent the IRS a letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Politics Hurting Health Insurance Exchanges?</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/are-politics-hurting-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/are-politics-hurting-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent editorial in the publication Government Health IT, Senior Editor Mary Mosquera asks if politics are endangering the development of state Health Insurance Exchanges. Mosquera says that while the success of health reform is dependent on Health Insurance Exchanges, divisions between the Democrats and Republicans – both on the federal and state levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Americans Still Unaware of Health Reform Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/many-americans-still-unaware-of-health-reform-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/many-americans-still-unaware-of-health-reform-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite health insurance coverage expansion for millions as well as heavy news coverage of the Supreme Court’s review of health reform law, a recent survey shows that many Americans still aren’t aware of the benefits available to them as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In a survey released this week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs on Health Insurance Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/faqs-on-health-insurance-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/faqs-on-health-insurance-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much as been implemented in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) but much more is still to come. Here’s some common questions and answers about what’s coming up in health reform. Q: Will I be forced to buy health insurance? A: Currently no one is required to have health insurance. A majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Can Bring Some Tax Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/small-business-health-care-tax-credit-can-bring-some-tax-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/small-business-health-care-tax-credit-can-bring-some-tax-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small business owners preparing their 2011 tax returns still have a chance to cash in on one of the little talked-about provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – the small business health care tax credit. Businesses across the country, since 2010, have been able to realize tax savings on premiums they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York’s Governor Creates Health Insurance Exchange with Executive Order</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-york%e2%80%99s-governor-creates-health-insurance-exchange-with-executive-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last Thursday issued an executive order to create a health insurance exchange in order to bring the state into compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) which requires every state to have an Exchange by 2014. The New York legislature was unable to come to agreement about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE Obama Administration Heeds Judge Order</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-obama-administration-heeds-judge-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-obama-administration-heeds-judge-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department on Thursday obeyed the order from U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith and issued a letter affirming the governments’ – and the President’s – understanding that federal courts do have the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as any other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would Health Reform Without Individual Mandate Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/would-health-reform-without-individual-mandate-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While all eyes are focused on the Supreme Court, waiting for their ruling on the constitutionality of the individual mandate that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), many experts say that even if the mandate is struck down, health reform will still make important improvements in how healthcare works in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Comments on Supreme Court Health Reform Decision Stirs Controversy</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/obama-comments-on-supreme-court-health-reform-decision-stirs-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama, earlier this week, issued a challenge to the Supreme Court, saying he didn’t believe the high court would take the “unprecedented” step of overturning a law that had been passed by a large majority in the Congress. The President’s statement refers to the decision the Supreme Court is set to issue this summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Health Reform Roundup Day 3</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/supreme-court-health-reform-roundup-day-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguments to the Supreme Court on various aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) concluded yesterday. In this three-part series, we’ll take a look at the three main issues and what experts – and those in the Court – have said about each. ISSUE: What will happen to the rest of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Health Reform Roundup Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguments to the Supreme Court on various aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) concluded yesterday. In this three-part series, we’ll take a look at the three main issues and what experts – and those in the Court – have said about each. ISSUE: Is the mandate for individuals to have health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Health Reform Roundup Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/supreme-court-health-reform-roundup-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguments to the Supreme Court on various aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) concluded yesterday. In this three-part series, we’ll take a look at the three main issues and what experts – and those in the Court – have said about each. ISSUE: Is the penalty for not having insurance (for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. House Votes to Repeal Health Reform Provision</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/u-s-house-votes-to-repeal-health-reform-provision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late this week, the U.S. House voted to eliminate one of the key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The vote in the House eliminates the Independent Payment Advisory Board, set up by the PPACA to make recommendations on how to achieve necessary Medicare savings. The repeal measure passed 223-181, mostly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Legal Experts Say Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Health Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal experts are predicting that the Supreme Court will most likely vote to uphold the individual insurance mandate that is part of the 2-year-old Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) coming before the Court this week. The experts say that based on the Court’s legal history, political considerations and constitutional questions raised by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Secretary Touts Health Reform Benefits for Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in an appearance in Miami, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius answered questions regarding implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Her presentation focused primarily on how health reform has benefited women. Among the issues that Sebelius discussed were the higher cost of insurance for many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 in 10 Health Plan Members Say They’ll Use Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new poll conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, nearly 4 in 10 health plan members with employee-sponsored insurance say they would use a Health Insurance Exchange to shop for health insurance if one was available to them. J.D. Power has conducted the poll for the past six years to measure member satisfaction in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Implementation Rules for Health Insurance Exchanges Issued by HHS</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/implementation-rules-for-health-insurance-exchanges-issued-by-hhs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on March 12, which implements Health Insurance Exchanges as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law on March 10, 2010. “Exchanges will offer Americans competition, choice, and clout,” said Tim Hill, deputy director of the Center for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform to Cut $50 Billion from Deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-to-cut-50-billion-from-deficit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued this week reduced the estimated cost of implementing programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by $50 billion for years 2012-2021. This will cut $50 billion from the deficit by reducing the amount of money it takes to get the health reform legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Health Reform is Repealed, Will Health Programs Be Impacted?</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/if-health-reform-is-repealed-will-health-programs-be-impacted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Republicans have promised to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reform law since it passed in March of 2010, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Health subcommittee warned this week that a repeal could put many of the nation’s medical programs at risk. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala,), in his opening statement at a hearing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits Experts Predicts Supreme Court to Uphold Health Reform Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Benefits Council (ABC) this week predicted that the Supreme Court will uphold the individual insurance mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), being challenged as unconstitutional. James Klein, president of the Benefits Council, which advocates for 365 corporate members that sponsor employee-benefit plans, said, “It’s hard to believe the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Reports Health Reform Ends Lifetime Limits for 105 Million Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report issued this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that under provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) 105 million American now enjoy improved healthcare coverage without lifetime limits on benefits. Prior to passage of the PPACA, some plans provided coverage with no lifetime limits, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Law Credited with Fraud Bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration announced this week that a Texas doctor and five home health agencies charged with $375 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud, plus another 78 fraudulent agencies, have been shut down thanks to provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Bill Corr said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even If Unconstitutional, Democratic Voters Want to Keep Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/even-if-unconstitutional-democratic-voters-want-to-keep-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a release of results from a recent poll, the Gallup organization found that although 56 percent of Democrats believe the health care mandate that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional, they oppose repealing the law by a margin of 77-14. A wide majority of Republican voters – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Issues State Innovation Waiver Criteria for Health Reform Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Treasury issued a finalized proposed rule, which outlined steps that can be taken by states to receive a State Innovation Waiver under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Under the PPACA, states may ask for waivers to some of the law’s requirements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Up Health Insurance Exchanges Still a Daunting Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of State Insurance Regulators this week, at the AcademyHealth Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., issued a statement this week saying that states still face significant challenges in establishing Health Insurance Exchanges. Exchanges are required to be operational by 2014, in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Cooperatives Receive $638 Million in Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Care Cooperatives being launched in eight states will be receiving $638 million in loans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The new cooperative health insurers are nonprofit organizations that will be run by customers and are designed to offer coverage to individuals and small businesses. Supporters of the co-ops say they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Award $229 Million in New Health Insurance Exchange Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that ten states would be receiving grants totaling $229 million for the development of Health Insurance Exchange websites in their states. The ten states include: Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. HHS has already dispersed $610 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Expected to Make Quick Exit After Health Reform Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Legal and political experts are predicting that after the U.S. Supreme Court sets out its ruling, expected in late June, on the constitutionality of the Obama Administration’s Health Reform law, we can expect the Justices to make a quick rush to a recess. The implications of the case are momentous for both the nation’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Proposed Budget Includes $864 Million for Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2013 federal budget released this week by the Obama Administration includes $864 million to help get Health Insurance Exchanges in place and operational in all 50 states by Jan 1, 2014. Funding includes grants for individual state Exchanges as well as monies towards development of a federal “default” Exchange for states that fail to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$9.1 Million in Loan Assistance for Doctors in Underserved Areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration announced this week $9.1 million in National Health Service Corps awards to provide loan repayment assistance for medical students who commit to serve in a “health professional shortage area.” Made possible through the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the funding gives up to $120,000 to fourth-year med students. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Face Important Choices for Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/states-face-important-choices-for-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The call from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for response to Essential Health Benefits guidance has resulted in an avalanche of comments from organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the American Medical Association and even House Democrats. A panel assembled by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Commonwealth Fund released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Office of Management and Budget Announces Receipt of Health Insurance Exchange Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/office-of-management-and-budget-announces-receipt-of-health-insurance-exchange-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget for the White House announced this week that it has received proposed regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and has begun its review. These regulations govern the establishment of state Health Insurance Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). States have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Express Concern Over “Essential Benefits” for Health Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/democrats-express-concern-over-%e2%80%9cessential-benefits%e2%80%9d-for-health-exchanges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Democrats last week, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, voicing concern about the Obama Administration’s decision to allow states a wide latitude in determining the “essential health benefits” for state Health Insurance Exchanges. These benefits would be mandatory for plans to offer in order to be included in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think Tank Offers Future Vision of Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/think-tank-offers-future-vision-of-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/think-tank-offers-future-vision-of-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alternative Futures, a non-profit think tank based in Alexandria, Virginia, published a new report entitled, “Primary Care 2025: A Scenario Exploration” in which they supposed how health care in the United States may evolve over the next decade and beyond. The institute worked with 50 health care experts to create scenarios of the future using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Obama Lawyers Argue That Health Reform Law Can Stand Without Mandate</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-obama-lawyers-argue-that-health-reform-law-can-stand-without-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers representing the Obama administration this week told the Supreme Court that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could be salvaged, even if the law’s mandate requiring every American to carry health insurance was struck down by the court. Attorneys argued, in a written brief to the Court, that Congress would not want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repeal of Health Reform May Cause U.S. Credit Downgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/repeal-of-health-reform-may-cause-u-s-credit-downgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/repeal-of-health-reform-may-cause-u-s-credit-downgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial ratings agency Standard &#038; Poor’s (S&#038;P) warned this week that it may downgrade a number of nations – including the United States and Japan – if their governments fail to enact health care reforms to cut costs and prepare for aging populations. In their report, S&#038;P said that many developed nations were poised to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Set to Boost Employment</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-set-to-boost-employment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-set-to-boost-employment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine, health reform may accelerate the trend toward health care being the dominant employment sector in the economy. Much of the job growth, economists say, will be seen in support positions, rather than doctors and nurses. As the number of insured increases under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Leaves Individual Mandate on the Table</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/gop-leaves-individual-mandate-on-the-table/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/gop-leaves-individual-mandate-on-the-table/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While House Republicans have made no secret of their desire to appeal President Obama’s health reform law – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), passed in 2010. Surprising to some, the one aspect that seems to be off limits for legislative action is the most controversial – the mandate for every individual to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Health Insurance Exchange Takes Big Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/california-health-insurance-exchange-takes-big-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California is taking several big steps in moving forward with their Health Insurance Exchange. The state released proposal requests for several contracts including development of the Exchange information technology system – valued at $27 million – as well as a smaller contract for a vendor to provide Exchange marketing and outreach services. Timeframes for responses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Moving Forward on Health Insurance Exchanges Says New Report</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/states-moving-forward-on-health-insurance-exchanges-says-new-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/states-moving-forward-on-health-insurance-exchanges-says-new-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House issued a report this week stating that 28 states are on their way towards establishing a Health Insurance Exchange. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle said, “States are taking strong steps to implement health reform,” and added, “We will ensure that Americans in every State have access to an Exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: GOP Marks One Year Anniversary of Health Reform Repeal Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-gop-marks-one-year-anniversary-of-health-reform-repeal-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-gop-marks-one-year-anniversary-of-health-reform-repeal-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans this week celebrated the anniversary of their vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which was originally passed and signed into law in March of 2010. The House Republicans noted their success in rolling back certain aspects of the legislation such as the tax reporting requirement for small businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchange State Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-insurance-exchange-state-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a snapshot of state activities around the country on Health Insurance Exchanges: MICHIGAN: Michigan Consumers for Healthcare have urged the Michigan House to pass legislation that would create a MiHealth Marketplace. Gov. Rick Snyder wants Michigan to create its own Health Insurance Exchange to avoid the need for federal intervention. WISCONSION: Gov. Scott Walker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP Poll Shows Broad Support for Health Insurance Exchanges in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/aarp-poll-shows-broad-support-for-health-insurance-exchanges-in-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/aarp-poll-shows-broad-support-for-health-insurance-exchanges-in-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll conducted by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in Idaho shows that a vast majority of voters there support the establishment of a Health Insurance Exchange. The issue cut across party lines with 78 percent of Democrats, 73 percent of Independents and 77 percent of Republicans backing the Health Insurance Exchange. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Could Save $16 Billion by 2022</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-could-save-16-billion-by-2022/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-could-save-16-billion-by-2022/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said this week that regulations in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) which create standards for the transfer of electronic payments to doctors, hospitals, private health plans and states will reduce administrative costs by as much as $4.5 billion over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth in Healthcare Spending Slows for 2010</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/growth-in-healthcare-spending-slows-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week, figures show healthcare spending growing by only 3.9 percent in 2010, one of the lowest growth rates in 51 years. Healthcare costs as a share of the economy were level at 17.9 percent, the first time for zero growth in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountable Care Organizations Aim to Improve Care, Reduce Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) includes a number of reforms aimed at improving the quality of patient care as well as reducing costs. On March 31, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed rules urging the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) to help doctors, hospitals and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation Advisors Announced by CMS</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/innovation-advisors-announced-by-cms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the selection of 73 individuals who will serve as “Innovation Advisors” to the agency to help test new care models throughout the United States that aim to improve patient care and reduce costs. The individuals, who were chosen from 27 states, came from a group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Milestones for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-milestones-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While states are gearing up to have their Health Insurance Exchanges going by the 2014 deadline, there are key milestones coming up in 2012, which will impact health reform law as well as the 2012 presidential race. Some important dates to note: January 1: Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) begin operation. These organizations are designed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Gives States Flexibility in Defining Essential Health Benefits Under PPACA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bulletin released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 16, proposes that in the short-term, each state define its own Essential Health Benefits (EHB), within federal guidelines, to be implemented as part of their Health Insurance Exchange. For 2014 and 2015, states may choose a benchmark plan from one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Timeline Set for Health Reform</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/supreme-court-timeline-set-for-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a timeline for oral arguments to be heard on challenges to health reform law. The Court will consider four specific legal questions to be argued over three days within distinct time limits: March 26: Whether the Anti-Injunction Act bars the lawsuit that challenges the insurance coverage mandate before it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP Urges Lawmakers to Get Health Insurance Exchanges Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the nation’s largest consumer organizations, the AARP carries a lot of clout when it comes to health care issues. This week, AARP officials in Idaho urged lawmakers to support measures that will give individual consumers and small employers the same deal on health insurance as large businesses currently have. “AARP urges state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Poll Shows Public Support for Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-poll-shows-public-support-for-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-poll-shows-public-support-for-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A December poll sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-partisan healthcare policy organization, found that 41 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). While Americans seem to dislike the PPACA mandate for everyone to carry individual health insurance coverage, responses varied widely, depending on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Group Asking for Supreme Court Justice Kagan to Bow Out of Health Reform Case</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-group-asking-for-supreme-court-justice-kagan-to-bow-out-of-health-reform-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is being urged by a conservative judicial watchdog group to recuse herself from the appeal in the case brought against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Liberal lawmakers, for their part, are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to step out of the case. The watchdog group has released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Who Opt Out of Exchange May Lose Valuable Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/states-who-opt-out-of-exchange-may-lose-valuable-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/states-who-opt-out-of-exchange-may-lose-valuable-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although states have the option of defaulting to a national model for their Health Insurance Exchange – if they don’t want to do it themselves – most states are moving forward with development of their own Exchange. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on November 29 that 29 states have made significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors Saving Millions from Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/seniors-saving-millions-from-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report released from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that 2.65 million people who have Medicare had saved over $1.5 billion on prescription drugs this year – through October – as a result of health reform law. That averages out to a savings of $569 per person. Starting in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountable Care Organizations Come Online for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/accountable-care-organizations-come-online-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important changes to come out of health care reform in 2012 will be the establishment of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). These voluntarily formed groups of hospitals, physicians, and other providers assume care of 5000 or more enrolled Medicare patients and receive bonuses for meeting standards of quality and effectiveness of care. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 States Awarded $220 Million in Health Insurance Exchange Grants</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/13-states-awarded-220-million-in-health-insurance-exchange-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/13-states-awarded-220-million-in-health-insurance-exchange-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week, announced $220 million in grants to be awarded to 13 states that have demonstrated significant progress in the planning and creation of Health Insurance Exchanges. The 13 states include Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan More Costly in California Than Anticipated</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan-more-costly-in-california-than-anticipated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan-more-costly-in-california-than-anticipated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March of 2010 has generated more interest than expected in the California health insurance market. When the program was created, the state of California received $761 million to subsidize health coverage through the PCIP, for people who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Announces Online Insurance Finder for Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/hhs-announces-online-insurance-finder-for-small-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/hhs-announces-online-insurance-finder-for-small-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new tool developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gives small business owners a new way to help them find and compare locally available health insurance plan choices. Designed to make the healthcare marketplace both more competitive and more transparent, the health insurance finder lets insurance companies compete for business based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead to 2012 in Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/looking-ahead-to-2012-in-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/looking-ahead-to-2012-in-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a look ahead at the portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) scheduled for implementation in 2012. • Encouraging Integrated Health Systems. The new law provides incentives for physicians to join together to form &#8220;Accountable Care Organizations,&#8221; through which doctors can better coordinate patient care and improve the quality, help prevent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Announces New Advisor for State Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/hhs-announces-new-advisor-for-state-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/hhs-announces-new-advisor-for-state-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the addition of Teresa Miller, currently Oregon’s top insurance regulator, as a senior advisor for outreach to state Health Insurance Exchanges. Miller will start at HHS next month, where she’ll work with state governments to help get their new insurance marketplaces off the ground. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Effect Will Supreme Court Ruling Have on Health Reform Law?</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/what-effect-will-supreme-court-ruling-have-on-health-reform-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/what-effect-will-supreme-court-ruling-have-on-health-reform-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main question on health reform law that will be ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court is the constitutionality of the mandate for every American to buy health insurance. The side bringing the case maintains that this “individual mandate” oversteps Congress’ authority while the Obama administration argues that under the commerce clause, the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$1 Billion Healthcare Initiative Launched by Obama Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/1-billion-healthcare-initiative-launched-by-obama-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/1-billion-healthcare-initiative-launched-by-obama-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Obama administration announced that its intention to spend $1 billion of funds allocated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on innovation programs to boost jobs and improve patient care. In March 2012, the administration will begin awarding grants to people who come up with ideas to improve care and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA Pressures States for Open-Market Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/ama-pressures-states-for-open-market-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/ama-pressures-states-for-open-market-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday, put pressure on states for a system that opens its doors to all insurers who meet minimum standards for state Health Insurance Exchanges, after a vote by 500 AMA delegates in favor of such a resolution. The AMA delegates, representing doctors from all states, voted in favor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to Hear Health Reform Law Appeals</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/supreme-court-to-hear-health-reform-law-appeals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/supreme-court-to-hear-health-reform-law-appeals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments that will allow them to rule on the constitutionality of critical parts of the Obama Administration’s health reform law. The justices announced their willingness to hear the case in a brief order issued on Monday. Oral arguments are likely to be made in late February or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Lobbying Group Advocates for Mobile Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-lobbying-group-advocates-for-mobile-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-lobbying-group-advocates-for-mobile-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young Invincibles, a lobbyist group which advocates for the interests of young adults, is pressuring the Obama Administration to require that Health Insurance Exchanges are easily accessible via mobile devices. In an interview with the Washington Post, Jen Mishory, deputy director for the group gave the reasoning behind this position, “Young people are obviously much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of Health Reform Law</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-u-s-court-of-appeals-upholds-constitutionality-of-health-reform-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-u-s-court-of-appeals-upholds-constitutionality-of-health-reform-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/?p=1349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the constitutionality of the Obama Administration’s health reform law passed in March of 2010. This ruling comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to hear cases to resolve conflicting rulings of the law’s requirement for every eligible American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must-Have Categories of Essential Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the recently issued Institute of Medicine (IOM) report defining the essential health benefits required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) did not specify which services should be covered by carriers selling insurance in state Health Insurance Exchanges. The PPACA places the task of defining these essential services under the authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey Gauges Public View of Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/survey-gauges-public-view-of-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/survey-gauges-public-view-of-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Findings from a recent survey conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions asked a sample of Americans how they feel about the country’s healthcare system and upcoming health reform measures. Regarding current overall performance, the U.S. healthcare system received a “C” on a A-F “report card” scale.” Three areas where respondents said they believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Says Brokers Critical for Small Businesses in Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-report-says-brokers-critical-for-small-businesses-in-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report released this week says that 70% of small businesses say they will continue to rely on the services of insurance brokers after the introduction of Health Insurance Exchanges. Within that number, 27% say they will continue to purchase insurance directly through their broker, while 43% say they believe they will use a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2014 Deadline for Health Exchanges Puts Pressure on States</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/2014-deadline-for-health-exchanges-puts-pressure-on-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/2014-deadline-for-health-exchanges-puts-pressure-on-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The January 1, 2014 deadline for states to establish Health Insurance Exchanges, set forth in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), is putting pressure on many states to move forward quickly with what they say is a challenging task. “I think it is too tight,” Lloyd Lim, health branch administrator for Hawaii’s Insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: New Report Says Employers Will Continue to Provide Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-new-report-says-employers-will-continue-to-provide-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-new-report-says-employers-will-continue-to-provide-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many health industry experts and policymakers have worried aloud that the availability of coverage through Health Insurance Exchanges would cause most employers to drop their health plans, negatively impacting the health insurance industry. However, a new report released last week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy institute, predicts that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey Set to Save $100 Million Through Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-jersey-set-to-save-100-million-through-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/new-jersey-set-to-save-100-million-through-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials from the State of New Jersey are reporting that federal health reform measures have already had a positive impact on health coverage for public workers, putting the state on track to save nearly $100 million in 2012. New Jersey, which brokers health care for 850,000 employees and their dependents, estimates they will save three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Committee Considers Medicare Reform Options</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/congressional-committee-considers-medicare-reform-options/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/congressional-committee-considers-medicare-reform-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several health policy experts testified to the Senate Special Committee on Aging on October 12 about ideas for reforming the Medicare program and dealing with long-term financial issues. Elimination of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula was top on the list of ideas for reducing spending. The SGR allows Medicare to spend a certain amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Creating Public and Private Sector Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-creating-public-and-private-sector-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-creating-public-and-private-sector-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new report released by research organization Input, federal and state health reform efforts are creating “seemingly endless” job opportunities in the health information technology sector. The report notes that the top three categories for job opportunities in health IT include: • Health Information Exchanges • Medical management information systems; and • State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Provide More Than $400 Million for State Health Insurance Exchanges To Date</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/feds-provide-more-than-400-million-for-state-health-insurance-exchanges-to-date/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/feds-provide-more-than-400-million-for-state-health-insurance-exchanges-to-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of September 2011, states have received nearly $423 million in grant monies from the federal government to be used for the planning and development of Health Insurance Exchanges. The grant monies that have been distributed include $46.8 million for planning, $220.4 million for exchange establishment and $155.4 million for early innovator grants. The five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-Term Care Program Removed from Health Reform Plan</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/long-term-care-program-removed-from-health-reform-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an official with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program (CLASS), a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), has been suspended. The CLASS ACT was created to encourage disabled and elderly patients to receive long-term healthcare in a home setting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institute of Medicine Recommendations for Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/institute-of-medicine-recommendations-for-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/institute-of-medicine-recommendations-for-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report issued on October 6 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), several recommendations were set out for the establishment of state Health Insurance Exchanges. The IOM panel recommended that HHS should: • Establish a benefits package roughly equivalent to the projected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadline Extended For Health Insurance Exchanges Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/deadline-extended-for-health-insurance-exchanges-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/deadline-extended-for-health-insurance-exchanges-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) announced that the deadline for public comments on its proposed rules governing state Health Insurance Exchanges has been extended to October 31, 2011. On September 19, the CCIIO asked for comments on three federal/state partnership options related to implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges as required under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institute of Medicine Leaves Determining &#8220;Essential Benefits&#8221; to HHS</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/institute-of-medicine-leaves-determining-essential-benefits-to-hhs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/institute-of-medicine-leaves-determining-essential-benefits-to-hhs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a request from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for recommendations on how HHS should define “essential benefits” to be required of health insurance plans included in state Health Insurance Exchanges, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) advised HHS that using premiums as a yardstick may be their best bet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Governor Signs Health Reform Bills Into Law</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/california-governor-signs-health-reform-bills-into-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/california-governor-signs-health-reform-bills-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Governor Jerry Brown this week signed into law several key health reform bills aimed at providing protections for consumers. These bills were designed to get California ready for federal health reform requirements set for 2014. The California bills build upon the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) enacted last year and signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCQA Urges State Health Exchanges to Be Consumer-Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/ncqa-urges-state-health-exchanges-to-be-consumer-friendly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/ncqa-urges-state-health-exchanges-to-be-consumer-friendly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Committee and Quality Assurance (NCQA) – a leading organization focused on healthcare quality – released a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pushing for guidelines to make sure that employers and consumers understand what is offered and what they can buy from state Health Insurance Exchanges. In the letter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Acronyms Guide – Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with new policies and new procedures, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is bringing many new acronyms to the health care landscape. This last in a five-part series will take a look at new health reform terms from A-Z. SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – a federal agency within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Acronyms Guide &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with new policies and new procedures, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is bringing many new acronyms to the health care landscape. This fourth in a five-part series will take a look at new health reform terms from A-Z. MACPAC: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission – Congressional advisory committee established by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Justice Department Expected to Take Health Reform to the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-justice-department-expected-to-take-health-reform-to-the-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-justice-department-expected-to-take-health-reform-to-the-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration this week chose not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a critical health reform case leading many legal experts to suggest that they may ask the Supreme Court to take on the case instead. This move puts the Supreme Court in the tough position of having to decide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Acronyms Guide &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with new policies and new procedures, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is bringing many new acronyms to the health care landscape. This third in a five-part series will take a look at new health reform terms from A-Z. GAO: Government Accountability Office – An arm of Congress that oversees the accountability of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Acronyms Guide &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with new policies and new procedures, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is bringing many new acronyms to the health care landscape. This second in a five-part series looks at new health reform terms from A-Z. EHB: Essential Health Benefits – The minimum level of coverage that must be offered by qualified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 Million More Young Adults Enroll in Health Insurance Under Reform</title>
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		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/1-million-more-young-adults-enroll-in-health-insurance-under-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New results released today by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has had a significant impact on improving insurance coverage among young adults. Data show that in the first quarter of 2011, the percentage of adults between the ages of 19 and 25 with health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Reform Acronyms Guide &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/health-reform-acronyms-guide-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with new policies and new procedures, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is bringing many new acronyms to the health care landscape. This five-part series will take a look at new health reform terms from A-Z. ACO: Accountable Care Organization – A group of health care providers that have entered into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Congressional Members Question Healthcare Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-congressional-members-question-healthcare-consolidation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choiceadminexchanges.com/index.php/update-congressional-members-question-healthcare-consolidation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health at a hearing Friday expressed their skepticism regarding the side effects of a growing number of consolidations between hospitals, providers and insurers designed to take advantage of incentives provided by health reform legislation. “ . . . in theory, consolidation can lead to greater [...]]]></description>
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