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Webcasts and Conferences
"The New Form 8955-SSA: Who, What, When, and How" Web Seminar
Nationwide
on December 6, 2011
presented by SunGard Relius
NTSAA 403(b) Advisor Summit
in Nevada
on February 8, 2012
presented by American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)
Participant Fee Disclosure - Ready or Not, Here It Comes! Webcast
Nationwide
on December 1, 2011
presented by American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program Webinar
Nationwide
on November 29, 2011
presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program Workshop
in California
on November 16, 2011
presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Which Benefits Are Exempt From Which Health Care Reform Rules? Answering Your Questions About “Excepted Benefits”
Nationwide
on December 1, 2011
presented by Thomson Reuters / EBIA
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American Health Care Congress and Exhibition [Advert.]
Bringing together the health care community to discuss strategies aimed at more efficient and effective operation of our health system post-reform. December 5-6, 2011, Anaheim, CA.
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The New Wave of Innovation: How the Health Care System Is Reforming (PDF)
"[M]any hospitals, physicians, employers, insurers, and states are also anticipating the changes ahead [of the Affordable Care Act's effective dates] and preparing for them now, and discovering new ways to improve access and quality, and control rising health care costs as they do."
(Columbia Journalism Review via Commonwealth Fund)
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2012 Medicare Premiums, Deductibles and Coinsurance
"The standard monthly Part B premium and deductible will both decrease by just over 13 percent. This is a dramatic change from between 2010 and 2011 when they both increased by slightly more than 4 percent . . . ."
(The Segal Company)
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Will The Supreme Court Carve Up Obamacare?
"Administration officials, along with insurance companies, insist that removing the mandate would undermine other provisions, including a requirement that insurers issue a policy to anyone who applies and a ban on higher premiums for people with preexisting conditions. Without the premiums of healthy people, insurers would raise their prices as more high-cost patients enrolled . . . ."
(Businessweek)
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Insurers Seek to Avoid 'Worst of All Worlds' in Supreme Court Health Care Case
"If the justices agree with the lower court and strip out the mandate, 'that would be the worst of all worlds for insurers,' says Paul Heldman, a health policy analyst with Potomac Research Group in Washington. 'You've got to have some way to ensure that healthy people are going to sign up for coverage to offset the cost of sicker people.'"
(Bloomberg.com)
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Insurance Penalties for Smokers Draw Wide Support
"A solid majority — 59 percent — say that smokers should pay more for health insurance than nonsmokers. Nearly three-quarters of people in households with annual income of $100,000 or more a year say smokers should pay more."
(National Public Radio)
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