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2022 Midterm Election Review Nov 11, 2022

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On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, NAHU Vice President of Congressional Affairs John Greene and NAHU HUPAC Manager Nathan Makla discuss the midterm elections and how control of the Senate and House has still yet to be determined. They also review the key Senate races which will determine which party holds the chamber in the 118th Congress and what we may expect during the lame duck session.

2022 Midterm Election Preview Nov 04, 2022

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On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, NAHU Vice President of Congressional Affairs John Greene and NAHU HUPAC Manager Nathan Makla provide a preview of next week’s midterm election discussing the key races that will determine Senate and House party control.

Do You Have Questions About the Family Glitch Before Open Enrollment? Oct 28, 2022

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As we are all aware of by now, HHS released the final rule to fix the ACA’s family glitch earlier this month. On the October 14 edition of the Healthcare Happy Hour, NAHU’s Marcy M. Buckner discussed the regulation in detail. On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy is back to provide some more information on the final rule after discussions with CCIIO.

CMS Issues Guidance on Medicare Marketing Requirements Oct 21, 2022

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CMS released FAQs on Wednesday regarding the Medicare Marketing Rule, providing official written clarification on several questions that NAHU and our members have posed to the agency over the last several months. Additionally, NAHU’s John Greene hosted a panel at Better Medicare Alliance’s 2022 National Medicare Advantage Summit earlier this week. To discuss this and more, on this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, is NAHU Vice President of Congressional Affairs John Greene.

Biden Administration Releases Family Glitch Final Rule Oct 14, 2022

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HHS officially released the final rule on the ACA family glitch earlier this week. That’s right, the family glitch final rule is finally here! On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy M. Buckner discusses the family glitch, the proposed rule and what, if anything, has changed since its finalization, NAHU’s opinion on the regulation, and where we go from here.

NAHU Submits Comments on ACA Nondiscrimination Proposed Rule Oct 07, 2022

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HHS released a proposed rule at the end of July that would make significant revisions to Section 1557 of the ACA – a section of the law that deals with nondiscrimination. NAHU submitted comments in response to the proposed rule this week outlining what we support and where we have concerns. Here to discuss our letter, on this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, is Marcy M. Buckner!

NAHU Submits Comments to the NAIC on Unfair Trade Practice Model Amendments Sep 30, 2022

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NAHU submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners this week regarding proposed changes to the NAIC’s Unfair Trade Practices Model Act, a law that regulates each state's insurance industry. On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy M. Buckner discusses the NAIC’s proposed amendments as well as the questions and concerns we submitted to the association.

A Primary Election Recap with HUPAC Manager Nathan Makla Sep 23, 2022

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How much do you know about the National Association of Health Underwriters Political Action Committee, or HUPAC? On last week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, NAHU vice presidents of congressional affairs Chris Hartmann and John Greene discussed the last few primary elections of the season. On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, we are joined once again by Chris Hartmann, but we are also joined by HUPAC Manager Nathan Makla, making his podcast debut! The two provide a broad overview of this year’s primaries and HUPAC’s role in elections past, present, and future.

CMS Provides Some Medicare Marketing Clarification (Plus – An Overview of the Summer’s Final Primary Elections!) Sep 16, 2022

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NAHU received some answers from CMS regarding questions we posed in a recent letter to the agency’s marketing division regarding the Medicare marketing final rule that is set to be implemented on October 1. This week also saw a new bill introduced on a very important Medicare issue, as well as the last primary elections of the season before we head into November. To discuss all of this and more, on this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, are NAHU Vice Presidents of Congressional Affairs Chris Hartmann and John Greene.

District Court Judge Rules ACA Preventive Care Mandate Unconstitutional Sep 09, 2022

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On this week’s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy M. Buckner touches upon a few topics: a recent district court ruling out of Texas saying that the ACA preventive care mandate violates religious freedoms, a new letter that NAHU has sent to CMS regarding the new Medicare marketing rule, and a new request for information from the agency.

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