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Placing a sharper focus on four key areas in 2015

Insurers, providers adapt to new era in health care
February 12, 2015
Bill Akers
Despite being five years into the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care industry is still faced with immense change and uncertainty. While insurers and health care providers continue to learn and adapt, individuals and employers also are adjusting to
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Small-employer health insurance to evolve in '14

Cost, affordability to remain top of mind
February 13, 2014
Bill Akers
The last few months of news have not been kind to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Implementation of the Exchange has been smooth in Washington state compared with the badly flawed rollout of healthcare.gov nationally. But, regardless of
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ACA is reshaping small-group health insurance markets

Employer regulations aren't final, but system is likely to be complex
February 14, 2013
Bill Akers
2013 is a critical year for the implementation of federal health care reform taking place in 2014, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Employers likely recall a first wave of implementation of the law in 2010, but the biggest changes to
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