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IRS: 6.6 million Americans paid Obamacare fines

About 6.6 million U.S. taxpayers paid a penalty, imposed for the first time this year, for not having health insurance. That’s about 10 percent more than the Obama administration had estimated — although a portion …

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Wellmark, other Blue Cross companies to offer identity screening services

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield said Tuesday that it will join all other Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies nationwide in making identity theft protection services available to customers by Jan. 1, 2016. The …

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Small employers who help pay health care costs could face fines

Small-business groups are warning their members about an Internal Revenue Service rule that took effect July 1 that imposes heavy fines on small businesses that make payments to their workers to defray the cost of …

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Report details payments to insurers under ACA

Health insurers found out Tuesday how much cash they’ll get and how much they’ll have to pay to other insurers as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2014 reinsurance and risk-adjustment payments …

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DuPont completes spinoff of Chemours

DuPont has completed the spinoff of the Chemours Co. Chemours begins regular trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CC. DuPont common stockholders received one share of common stock of Chemours …

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Iowa insurers receive $54 million in ACA reinsurance payments

Here’s an inside look at the federal payments that Iowa insurers are receiving through Obamacare, and how they’re using them.


For the first time, health insurers in Iowa are getting a clear picture of how …

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Meta raising money for acquisition

Meta Financial Group Inc. has agreed to sell 535,000 shares of common stock for $23 million to finance a future acquisition, the company, parent of MetaBank, said today in a release. Meta entered separate purchase …

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High court to review insurance data confidentiality

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case in its next term, which begins in October, on whether a self-funded insurer should have to turn over certain information to the state of Vermont — a …

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Gannett spinoff begins trading today on New York Stock Exchange

The media conglomerate formerly know as Gannett Co. Inc., publisher of the daily newspaper still known as the Des Moines Register, has completed the spinoff of its publishing arm and will begin trading today on …

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A Closer Look: Thomas Swank

Thomas Swank was hired as CEO of American Enterprise Group Inc. after a national search; he began in that position in April. He succeeds Mike Abbott, who is transitioning to the role of executive chairman …

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