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Could Changes to Healthcare Market Rules Affect Risk Adjustment?

16th May 2017
Proposals to alter the market rules applying to the individual and small group health insurance markets would likely require changing the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) risk adjustment program, the American Academy of Actuaries said in a recently published  issue brief. Loosening the issue and rating rules, incorporating high-risk pools, allowing sales across state lines, or […]
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Regulatory Forecast 2017: What Trump Means for Business

12th May 2017
Crowell & Moring LLP has released its third annual regulatory outlook, "Regulatory Forecast 2017: What Trump Means for Business." The report provides in-depth analysis on how the new administration, Congress, and the federal courts are changing the regulatory landscape and what it means for business in the months ahead. "The first year of a new […]
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Congress Urged to Save the US Billions by Tackling Pervasive Food Waste

10th May 2017
The United States spends $218 billion each year on food that is never eaten. The nation's staggering food waste problem reflects chronic inefficiencies in the American food system—40% of food produced in the US ends up in the landfill at the same time that one in seven Americans faces food insecurity. The US currently uses […]
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34% of US Federal Government Agencies Experienced Data Breach in the Last Year

5th May 2017
Thales recently announced the results of its 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. When it comes to data breaches, 34% of federal respondents experienced a data breach in the last year and 65% experienced a data breach in the past. Almost all (96%) consider themselves "vulnerable," […]
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Real Estate Legislation Set to Clarify the Basel Rule and Aid Economic Growth

2nd May 2017
Bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2148) introduced last week by Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) and Rep. David Scott (D-GA) would help clarify and reform the Basel III High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rule, which is negatively affecting certain commercial real estate loans and impairing economic growth. The bill is supported by The Real Estate Roundtable and […]
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How Should Refugee Vetting Really Go Down?

2nd May 2017
Janice Kephart, former 9/11 Commission border counsel and partner with Identity Strategy Partners, LLP (IdSP), recently issued the following statement: "With or without President Trump's March 6th 2017 Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry, refugee vetting can be instilled with greater confidence, enabling the reactivation of legitimate refugee resettlement. (Right now, all refugee applications […]
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Did Tobacco Companies Fund Trump’s Lobbying to Roll Back FDA Oversight of E-Cigarettes?

28th April 2017
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: New disclosure documents filed this week show the big tobacco companies are spending huge sums and hiring an army of lobbyists to influence Congress and the Trump Administration, including giving $1.5 million to President Trump's inauguration. It's no secret what the […]
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