Sentences with phrase «health care act required»

As of 2010, the Affordable Health Care Act required all health insurance providers to cover the cost of a breast pump.

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That means the Affordable Care Act — the landmark health care law that passed in 2012 and established, among other things, health - insurance exchanges and required all Americans to have coverage — will surely wind up in his crosshaCare Act — the landmark health care law that passed in 2012 and established, among other things, health - insurance exchanges and required all Americans to have coverage — will surely wind up in his crosshacare law that passed in 2012 and established, among other things, health - insurance exchanges and required all Americans to have coverage — will surely wind up in his crosshairs.

Another way good businesses care for their employees is to keep confidential things confidential, as required by the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (known more commonly as HIPPA).

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Now that you're 30 - plus or approaching the dreaded 3 - 0, you need a health plan more than ever — and with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, it's now required, or you'll start being docked on your taxes.

People would generally only have to pay that much if they either didn't have health insurance (making them out of compliance with the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to have coverage) or if they had not yet reached their health plan's deductible (more common for people with high - deductible, so - called catastrophic health plans).

An NHS England spokesman said: «All health bodies and local authorities with responsibility for adult social care are required under the Equality Act to ensure that no patient is discriminated against.

This year, the Affordable Care Act provision requiring employers with at least 50 full - time equivalent employees to offer health benefits to full - time workers or pay a penalty took full effect.

The six - month waiting period would fill a big policy gap in the current Better Care Act, which requires health plans to accept all patients — but doesn't require all Americans to purchase coverage, as the Affordable Care Act does.

The Department of Treasury announced on July 2, that the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's Employer mandate, which requires employers with 50 or more full - time equivalent employees to provide affordable health insurance or pay penalties, will be delayed until Jan. 1, 2015.

Due to complex reporting requirements, the Obama administration delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) shared responsibility requirements, which requires employers with 50 or more full - time equivalent employees to provide adequate and affordable health insurance or pay penalties.

But those plans are specifically designed for small businesses and would probably be able to skirt a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans sold directly to consumers to offer a basic set of benefits, such as prescription drugs and maternity cCare Act that requires health plans sold directly to consumers to offer a basic set of benefits, such as prescription drugs and maternity carecare.

The medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, requires most insurance companies that cover individuals and small businesses to spend at least 80 percent of their premium income on health care claims and quality improvemCare Act, or Obamacare, requires most insurance companies that cover individuals and small businesses to spend at least 80 percent of their premium income on health care claims and quality improvemcare claims and quality improvement.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The Affordable Care Act's individual mandate requiring all Americans to have health coverage is about to disappear next year.

Now that you're 30 - plus or approaching the dreaded 3 - 0, you need a health plan more than ever — and with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, it's now required, or you'll started being docked on your taxes.

The tax reform law repealed the Affordable Care Act mandate that requires Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.

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Mike, The Health Care act would be a law that would REQUIRE all employers to provide their employees with Health Care that coves a certain standard of cCare act would be a law that would REQUIRE all employers to provide their employees with Health Care that coves a certain standard of cCare that coves a certain standard of carecare.

Let me correct them: The health care act DOES NOT REQUIRE INSUREDS TO ACCESS CONTRACEPTION!!

At issue was a section of the Affordable Care Act which requires companies with more than 50 employees to provide health care insuraCare Act which requires companies with more than 50 employees to provide health care insuracare insurance.

We can also help you navigate the relevant parts of the Health Care Reform Act which requires certain restaurant chains and packaged food providers to provide nutrition information.

This health care act aims to encourage and provide continuous breastfeeding support and requires that professional fees for lactation consultants and breastfeeding supplies such as breast pumps be covered by insurance companies and offered to patients free of cost.

One aspect of health care reform that got early attention from the media were changes to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requiring employers to provide working breastfeeding moms private breast pumping rooms.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: The Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011 requires that an athlete suspected of sustaining a concussion during an athletic activity be removed from play and prohibited from returning until the athlete has received written clearance from a licensed health - care provider.

Simple, the Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare) requires that most health insurance plans cover the cost of a breast pump, a benefit that didn't exist back in 2012 when I had my daughter.

By now you've probably heard the good news — the Affordable Care Act (or ACA) requires health plans to cover the cost of breastfeeding support and equipment for nursing moms.

The Affordable Care Act is a health insurance reform that requires most plans to cover the cost of women's preventative health services, such as breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling.

I commend you for introduction of this important legislation, which would require TRICARE to provide breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling to moms in this military health benefits program, just as the Affordable Care Act mandates for most private health plans.

Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance companies are now required to support you by giving you breast pumps and lactation counseling!

While the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to provide breast pumps with no co-pay, it is up to the health plan to determine which pumps will be offered and what upgrade options will be available.

The law also establishes the Hospital Infant Feeding Act, which requires all general acute care hospitals and special hospitals that have perinatal units to have an infant - feeding policy and to clearly post that policy in the perinatal unit or on the hospital or health system website.

The Affordable Care Act («Obamacare») requires all qualified health plans to cover maternity care and childbirth as well as many free services mentioned beCare Act («Obamacare») requires all qualified health plans to cover maternity care and childbirth as well as many free services mentioned becare and childbirth as well as many free services mentioned below.

Likewise, the Affordable Care Act requires that all citizens opt to purchase health insurance or be fined.

An amendment requiring the change, proposed by Reps. Chris Collins of Erie County and John Faso of Columbia County, was added to the House GOP's American Health Care Act on Monday.

Republican Rep. John Faso is not giving up on his push to require the state to takeover the local county government share of Medicaid costs, a provision that became a major sticking point for Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the final weeks before the death of the American Health Care Act.

Faso had backed an amendment along with Rep. Chris Collins into the doomed American Health Care Act that would have required the state to takeover the county share of Medicaid funding in New York — a proposal that had been staunchly opposed by Cuomo.

Interestingly, the Senate GOP has balked at creating a health care exchange here in New York, which is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (unless states want the federal government to step in and create one for thcare exchange here in New York, which is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (unless states want the federal government to step in and create one for thCare Act (unless states want the federal government to step in and create one for them).

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is casting doubt on whether the state budget will include a health exchange required under the federal health care act, saying there is too much uncertainty to create it now.

Cuomo says even if Congress is gridlocked over funding for the federal health care act, New York will still be going ahead on October 1st with the required health care exchanges.

Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts chain, challenged a provision in the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to offer birth control coverage in employee health insurance plans.

The legislation, the Members Play by the Same Rules Act, would also require members of Congress to use their home state's health insurance exchange to purchase health care coverage.

The Court's decision exempts select closely - held companies from an Affordable Care Act provision that requires employers to include birth control coverage in health insurance plans.

The TickBITE act requires health insurers to provide coverage for long - term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens.

Recent federal laws including the Affordable Care Act have introduced nationwide coverage mandates, including «parity» mandates requiring that coverage of mental health care be equal to coverage of general health cCare Act have introduced nationwide coverage mandates, including «parity» mandates requiring that coverage of mental health care be equal to coverage of general health ccare be equal to coverage of general health carecare.

Cardiac arrest treatment is a community issue, requiring a wide range of people to be prepared to act, including bystanders, family members, first responders, emergency medical personnel, and health care providers.»

Testing is free for most people (the Affordable Care Act requires many health insurance plans to offer it without a copay) and you can get results back in just 20 minutes.

Specifically, we retain the core health services, including screening, ongoing care, and follow - up care as required by the Act (42 U.S.C. 9831).

According to a WisPolitics report on the forum, Evers noted that Monona Grove teachers had been paying 12 percent toward their health care, as required by Act 10, but achieved savings by switching plans and subsequently reduced the amount staff had to contribute.

Boddison also said national funding was needed for pupils who fell «just below the threshold» required for an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), a form of needs statement under the 2014 Children and Families Act.