Following the glitch-ridden rollout of HealthCare.gov, the White House has faced concerns about lower-than-expected enrollment in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges.
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The percentage of uninsured Americans has fallen to 16 percent so far in the first quarter of 2014, compared with 17.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a recent Gallup poll.
The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations concerning the employer shared responsibility provisions that take effect next year under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark has laid off 132 information technology and sales employees, according to a WPXI report.
The nation's five largest health insurers totaled a combined $80.25 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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The Obama administration has delayed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's employer mandate by another year for certain businesses, according to a report from The Hill.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presents new opportunities for millions of uninsured Americans to get covered, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
CMS is considering making it mandatory that health insurers accept third-party premium payments made under the Ryan White Act to ensure coverage for people with HIV/AIDS, according to a Reuters report.
Health insurers are gearing up to oppose expected reimbursement cuts for Medicare Advantage in calendar year 2015, according to a report from The Hill.
Fourth-quarter net income at health insurer Cigna fell 11 percent, from $406 million in 2012 to $361 million in 2013.