10.13.15
Iowa's largest insurer joins the State's Marketplace for coverage year 2017; carrier changes are announced for Marketplaces in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Wyoming; and South Dakota's Governor convenes the Health Care Solutions Coalition to study ways to pay for Medicaid expansion.
10.08.15
Calling on the agency to take action, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) requested that the Federal Trade Commission investigate Volkswagen’s advertising claims for its “clean diesel” vehicles.
10.06.15
Congress passes a bill to give states greater flexibility in defining “small businesses”; South Dakota seeks to offset Medicaid expansion costs in part with increased use of the fully federally-funded Indian Health Service; and Texas applies for an extension of its Medicaid ...
10.02.15
A California employer recently received a lesson in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliance from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
10.01.15
Negative option marketing cost one company $1 million in a recent deal with the Attorneys General of New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
In a strict reading of a local agency’s responsibilities under the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov’t Code §§ 66000 et seq.), the Court of Appeal held that San Clemente’s failure to make the proper findings under the Act to retain almost $10 million in mitigation fees collected ...
Credit card add-on products were the subject of a recent enforcement action brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) against Comenity Bank of Delaware and Comenity Capital Bank in Utah.
09.30.15
California's drought is now in its fourth year, and state leaders are faced with making unprecedented decisions further restricting water use.
09.29.15
New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying premiums directly to insurers.
