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An “Obamacare” tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it, according to a government audit released this week.
Read More »Marylanders have to re-enroll on new health exchange
Remember that time you spent hours trying to enroll for health insurance on the state-run exchange, Maryland Health Connection?Yeah, you have to do it again.
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Read More »Audit: ‘Obamacare’ tax not meeting revenue target
A government audit says an "Obamacare" tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it.
Read More »Large employers, ‘skinny’ plans: Survey finds 16% will stick, despite ACA
Nearly one company in six in a new survey from a major employer group plans to offer health coverage that doesn't meet the Affordable Care Act's requirements for value and affordability.
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Read More »Patients soliciting bids from doctors online
Francisco Velazco couldn't wait any longer. For several years, the 35-year-old Seattle handyman had searched for an orthopedic surgeon who would reconstruct the torn ligament in his knee for a price he could afford.
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Read More »New Maryland health exchange gets final approval
Federal regulators have approved the Maryland health insurance exchange's work to replace the website’s faulty technology with Connecticut’s successful system.
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Read More »Obama signs veterans’ health care overhaul
Veterans may soon have easier access to government-paid health care under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday, the government's most sweeping response to date to a public uproar over system-wide problems that have rocked the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Read More »Justice Department seeks appeal in health overhaul case
The Justice Department asked a full federal appeals court Friday to take up a case that has endangered subsidies helping millions of low- and middle-income people to afford their health care premiums under Obamacare.
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Read More »Sharfstein’s two legacies
For most Marylanders, if the name Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein rings a bell, it’s probably because they’ve read about his role as chairman of the state health insurance exchange.
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Read More »Obamacare passes muster under Origination Clause
Rejecting the latest effort to sidetrack “Obamacare,” a federal appeals court turned away a challenge by a conservative group that said Congress imposed new taxes unconstitutionally when it created the Affordable Care Act.
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