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White House Move to Limit Insurance Cancellations May Backfire
Seeking to defuse a growing political furor as millions of Americans receive cancellation notices from health insurers, the Obama administration will not require insurance companies to upgrade existing individual plans to meet the requirements of the federal healthcare law for 2014.
Seeking to defuse a growing political furor as millions of Americans receive cancellation notices from health insurers, the Obama administration will not require insurance companies to upgrade existing individual plans to meet the requirements of the federal healthcare law for 2014.
The announcement comes a day after the administration reported that just 106,000 Americans enrolled in private plans through the law's health insurance exchanges through Nov. 2. A number of Democrats have signaled they would support legislation to address the cancellations and the troubled rollout of the exchanges.
“This fix won't solve every problem for every person, but it's going to help a lot of people,” President Barack Obama said in announcing the change during a White House briefing Thursday.
But the change, which administration officials said can be done without legislation, could lead to increased premiums and undermine the risk pool for the fledgling state and federal insurance exchanges. In addition, insurance commissioners in at least two states—Washington and Arkansas—quickly indicated that they would not allow insurance firms to reinstate canceled plans.
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Source: Modern Healthcare
At EHA 2025, Hematology Discussions Will Stretch Across Lifespans and Locations
June 5th 2025The 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, convening virtually and in Milan, Italy, from June 12 to June 15, 2025, will feature a revamped program structure for the meeting’s 30th anniversary while maintaining ample opportunities to network, debate, and absorb practice-changing findings in hematology and oncology.
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Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
May 29th 2025Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
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