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The past 30 years have been marked by a continuing shift from virtually no federal regulation of employer-sponsored health insurance to extensive substantive and administrative requirements. This regulation initially included the reporting, and disclosure and claims procedure requirements enacted in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Through the years, additional federal requirements were added, including portability and coverage guarantees, minimum maternity stays, mental health parity, required coverage of reconstructive surgery following a covered mastectomy, coverage of adoptees, and pediatric vaccine requirements. During the same period there was a large increase in state insurance law benefit mandates. Additional federal laws impacting the administration of health insurance plans included the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Mental Health Parity Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Recovery Act, and the requirement for medical support orders.


 
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9642news.aspxNews More Health Plans Cover Contraceptives06/15/2004National
18098news.aspxNews'Cover the Uninsured Week' Set for May04/17/2006National
3661news.aspxNews'Employees Need to Feel the Pain'11/13/2001National
8431news.aspxNews'Serious Disconnect' Between Employers, Employees04/29/2003National
19313news.aspxNews10 Best Health Plans10/27/2006National
75141news.aspxNews100 Employers Answer Government's Call on Healthcare Transparency12/28/2006National
3600news.aspxNews176% Insurance Increase for Col. Employees10/05/2001National
8087news.aspxNews19 Percent of Small Firms Shift Health Costs01/30/2003National
77035news.aspxNews2.2 Million More Americans Have No Health Insurance08/29/2007National
9544news.aspxNews20 Million Workers Without Healthcare Coverage05/06/2004National
80380news.aspxNews3 Out of 4 Americans Support Employer Mandate for Health Care Coverage08/05/2009National
10283news.aspxNews45 Million Lack Health Insurance08/27/2004National
9044news.aspxNews48% of Small Businesses Offer Health Insurance11/06/2003National
4355news.aspxNews600,000 Doctors Going to Trial With HMOs10/01/2002National
9774whitepapers.aspxWhite PapersA Daunting Challenge for Small Employers06/16/2004National
3958news.aspxNewsA New Type of Health Plan12/06/2001National
8239news.aspxNewsAetna Collecting Racial, Ethnic Data03/06/2003National
4353news.aspxNewsAetna Continues to Regroup09/27/2002National
4234news.aspxNewsAetna Pushes Genetic Testing06/19/2002National
9531news.aspxNewsAetna Retirees Complain of Broken Promises05/04/2004National
3574news.aspxNewsAetna to Offer PPO/Health Savings Plan09/21/2001National
10654news.aspxNewsAgencies Issue Final Rule on Portability of Health Coverage01/03/2005National
4110news.aspxNewsAlternative Medicine Report Released03/28/2002National
4173news.aspxNewsAMA Drops Funding for Doctors' Union05/13/2002National
3416news.aspxNewsAmericans Aren't Taught Prevention06/26/2001National
10471news.aspxNewsAmericans Make Cuts to Offset Healthcare Costs10/29/2004National
81250faqs.aspxQuestions & AnswersAn employee is considering leaving her job with our company. When she leaves, can the company demand 6 months worth of HSA deposits made to her account by the employer? National
4016news.aspxNewsAnalysts: Old Fixes Won't Help Health Care01/21/2002National
4245news.aspxNewsAnother Double-Digit Forecast for Health Plans06/28/2002National
4327news.aspxNewsAnother Drop in Medical School Applicants09/04/2002National
3437news.aspxNewsAnother Ruling in Prescription Coverage07/06/2001National
75317news.aspxNewsAppeals Court Upholds Ruling that Struck Down 'Wal-Mart' Law01/18/2007National
78932news.aspxNewsAppeals Court Upholds San Fran Healthcare Spending Requirement10/03/2008National
9451news.aspxNewsAre HSAs Really the Answer to Soaring Health-Care Costs?03/30/2004National
81850faqs.aspxQuestions & AnswersAre there any laws in place, either federal or New York State, which require employers to inform their employees of plan design changes which they make at renewal? If the insurance company sends out new id cards, does that suffice? What are the  National
8556timesavers.aspxLettersAsking Insurers for Coverage Information National
4111news.aspxNewsAttention Turning to Hospital Infections03/28/2002National
4202news.aspxNewsBay State Employers Want Hospital Measures05/30/2002National
7920whitepapers.aspxWhite PapersBenefits an Issue for More and More Retirees11/16/2001National
77100news.aspxNewsBenefits Conference Keynote Proposes Federal Health Plan09/17/2007National