Leg Reg Review #7 - 02/19/2018
Two more PA House Committee Chairs have decided to call it quits. Rep. Joe Markosek (D-Allegheny), Minority Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Rep. Matt Baker (R-Tioga), Majority Chair of the House Health Committee, announced their plans not to run in 2018. Read more.
New STM Rules! Trump Administration to Reverse 90-Day Ruling
Citing a lack of consumer options and the rising cost of insurance, the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule reversing changes made to short-term medical (STM) by the Obama administration. Read more.
GOP leaders to seek halt to Pennsylvania congressional map
Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania Legislature said Wednesday they will soon ask the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the imposition of new congressional district maps, two days after they were announced by the state's highest court. Read more.
New Pennsylvania congressional map could impact balance of power in the US House
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a new congressional map for the state — a decision that could have major ramifications for the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more.
7 Facts About the New Short-Term Health Draft Regulations
Sworn enemies of the Affordable Care Act system are hoping the new Trump administration short-term health insurance proposal will shred ACA individual market rules. Read more.
Trump IRS seeks millions in Obamacare fines even though law is 'dead'
Hundreds of companies face prospective fines for violating Obamacare’s employer mandate by the same Trump administration that has done virtually everything in its power to abolish the federal health care law. Read more.
Idaho Insurer Moves Ahead With Health Plans That Flout Federal Rules
It's barely been two weeks since Idaho regulators said they would allow the sale of health insurance that doesn't meet all of the Affordable Care Act's requirements — a controversial step some experts said would likely draw legal scrutiny and, potentially, federal fines for any insurer that jumped in. Read more.
Blue Cross of Idaho Introduces New Insurance Plans Charging People With Pre-Existing Conditions More
Blue Cross of Idaho hopes to sell five new insurance plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this spring. It is the first company to make a move after Idaho Gov. Butch Otter issued an executive order allowing insurance plans that are not ACA compliant. Read more.
Spending deals signal end of unpopular Obamacare cost checks
Republicans and Democrats finally found something they can agree on about Obamacare: killing unpopular policies that were supposed to pay for the law or reduce health costs. Read more.
High-Deductible Plans Are Holding Down Health Spending: Government Actuaries
The effort to make patients better health care shoppers by increasing their out-of-pocket costs seems to be working, according to actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Read more.
10 questions about the legality of management carve-outs
Employers value flexibility in designing their group health benefits so as best to attract and retain qualified personnel. Read more.
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