House Energy and Commerce Committee

• Turf wars

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 9, 2013

  Has anyone in the insurance industry ever heard about a conflict of interest? Does anyone remember 2008 and 2009?

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  Senate first at bat in 113th with MLR bill introduction

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 22, 2013

  The legislation would exempt agent compensation from the MLR formula in the individual and small group markets.

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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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  Arkansas official: PPACA good for pregnant women

  By Allison Bell  |  December 12, 2012

  Andrew Allison says Medicaid now pays for 66 percent of all births in his state.

• Potomac Watch: Condemned to repeat it

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  December 3, 2012

  No, the grilling of federal banking regulators by members of Congress November 14 and 29th over their proposed rules for overseeing insurance companies which operate savings and loans were not scenes from an Oliver Stone movie but a consequence of political amnesia.

• MLR bill passes House Energy & Commerce Committee

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth Festa  |  October 4, 2012

  Legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation mandated under the health care reform law passed a House committee on September 20.

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  MLR bill passes House Energy & Commerce Committee

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth Festa  |  September 20, 2012

  Legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the medical loss ratio calculation mandated under the health care reform law passed a House committee on Thursday.

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  PPACA: Republicans Ask for Medicaid Funding Details

  By Allison Bell  |  July 23, 2012

  Orrin Hatch throws his weight behind a House Energy and Commerce request for information.

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  Arizona, Connecticut Are Latest States to Score CO-OP Loans

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 8, 2012

  As Compass Cooperative Health Network (CCHN) in Arizona and HealthyCT in Connecticut get established, naysayers gather as CO-OP loans mount.

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  House GOP Releases Documents on Health Reform Deals

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 31, 2012

  House Republicans are releasing emails and documents that shed light on dealings between the White House and the drug industry as President Barack Obama maneuvered to move his health care overhaul through Congress.