Insurance Law

State Insurance Law Doesn’t Trump Int’l Pact, 4th Circ. Rules – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (July 09, 2012, 9:14 PM ET) — The Fourth Circuit ruled Monday that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which puts insurance regulation largely in states’ hands, doesn’t preempt international treaties, forcing a welding equipment manufacturer to …

IRS Will Likely Struggle To Balance Taxes, Health Care Law – Huffington Post

Under the law, the IRS will provide tax breaks and incentives to help pay for health insurance and impose penalties on some people who don’t buy coverage and on some businesses that don’t offer it to employees. The changes will … Continue reading

ObamaCare more taxing than RomneyCare? Laws’ differences debated – FOX News

President Obama’s camp chafes at the notion the health care law’s individual insurance mandate packs the threat of a tax. One way Democrats have been responding to to such criticisms is to point the finger at Mitt Romney and the … Continue reading

Texas rejects key provisions of Obama’s health law – msnbc.com

California has more people without insurance but a lower percentage. Perry joined fellow Republican governors of Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Louisiana in rejecting the two provisions of the law, according to americanhealthline.com.

Texas rejects key provisions of Obama’s health law – Reuters

California has more people without insurance but a lower percentage. Perry joined fellow Republican governors of Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Louisiana in rejecting the two provisions of the law, according to …

Suit targets insurance fund – Livingston Daily.com

The Genoa Township-based Brain Injury Association of Michigan is taking the lead in the ongoing charge against legislation that would end lifetime catastrophic medical coverage under the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. The association last …

Insurance Law Podcast Tackles Social Media and Advertising Compliance – Miami Herald

OLDWICK, N.J. — A.M. Best Co. has released the latest installment of the Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely insurance issues from an attorney’s point of view. The latest episode features attorney Rich Fidei from the law firm … Continue reading

Can IRS police both taxes and health care law? – Denver Post

Under the law, the IRS will provide tax breaks and incentives to help pay for health insurance and impose penalties on some people who don’t buy coverage and on some businesses that don’t offer it to employees. The changes will … Continue reading

Health law’s expanded Medicaid could halve Oklahoma’s uninsured poor – Tulsa World

If they don’t have insurance, they will delay care until their illness … when the federal government would pick up 90 percent of the cost. Although the federal law mandated the Medicaid expansion, the U.S. Supreme Court has changed that … Continue reading

Texas rejects key provisions of Obama’s signature health law – msnbc.com

California has more people without insurance but a lower percentage. Perry joined fellow Republican governors in Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Louisiana in rejecting the two provisions of the new law, according to americanhealthline.com.