Praeger

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  NAIC Wades into State/Federal Role in Health Insurance Regulation, Enforcement

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  August 1, 2012

  The issue may not be if the federal government is running the exchanges, but if it will be the default enforcer of PPACA if the states do not pass enabling legislation.

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  State Regulators Concerned Over Health Care Costs if PPACA Fractured

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 27, 2012

  North Dakota's Hamm likens unhinging the individual mandate from the rest of the act to unpinning a grenade and putting it in Americans' laps.

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  Exchanges: Praeger Sees SERFF Assisting, Expects Many Flavors of Exchanges

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 13, 2012

  The federal government will probably be running health care exchanges in many states, said Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner and head of the Health Care and Managed Care (B) Committee of the NAIC in an interview.

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  Praeger Goes to Bat for Elderly Patients over LTC Coverage

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  February 7, 2012

  Praeger, head of the NAIC B Committee, gets involved with Bankers Life over alleged non-payment of benefits for long term care insurance, all while warning of more fines and additional NAIC regulatory vigilance to protect seniors.