Energy and Commerce Committee

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  Will the group health dam break, or just leak a little?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 24, 2013

  Lawmakers haul HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius into another budget hearing.

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  Agent-friendly MLR bill could be revived in expanded form

  By Liz Festa  |  February 27, 2013

  Action on the initiative awaits further details on the role of agents and navigators in exchanges.

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  PPACA: Energy and Commerce Eyes CO-OPs

  By Allison Bell  |  April 25, 2012

  The Republican committee leaders ask CMS for documents related to solvency and collateral.

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  Action Set on MLR Bill

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  April 10, 2012

  A House panel plans to act on and report out to the House floor soon legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision of the healthcare reform law.

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  NAIC to Tell Energy and Commerce Committee It Did Not Receive HHS Influence

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  December 15, 2011

  What will Energy & Commerce, Congress or HHS do next to address the controversial MLR requirement some say is stifling the individual health insurance marketplace in many states?

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  House Republicans Pressure HHS on MLR

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  December 8, 2011

  A letter from The Committee on Energy and Commerce puts new pressure on HHS with regards to the MLR.

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  House Panel Votes to Repeal CLASS Act

  By Allison Bell  |  November 15, 2011

  Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., says lawmakers should start over on long-term care reform.

• Budget Battle: A Super Committee is Born

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 10, 2011

  Congressional leaders are starting to pick the negotiators whose work may determine whether the federal government will face wide-ranging, automatic budget cuts.