IRS Releases W-2 Group Health Guidelines
Most employers that send out more than 250 W-2 wage tax withholding forms in 2012 will have to provide information about how much they spend on the employees' group health coverage. ... Click here to read more.

More Health Care Reform News
GAO: Broker Incentives Could Help Replace PPACA Mandate
HHS Releases Health IT Strategy Draft

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5 Myths About Health Insurance Exchanges
One of the greatest professional challenges that brokers and general agents will need to confront by mid-2013 will be how to survive in the emerging world of health insurance exchanges. ... Click here to read more.

More Individual Health Insurance Stories from Agent's Sales Journal
The CLASS Act and LTCI: How to Prepare
TexHealth: The Lone Star State's New Medicaid?

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LTCI Tip: Selling to the Family
The decision to purchase long-term care insurance is frequently couched in figuring out what's best for a client's entire family, and you need to be conscious of that. Here are some keys to making a more inclusive sale. ... Click here to read more.

More Senior Health Insurance Stories from Senior Market Advisor
LTCI: Help Clients Beat the High Cost of Waiting
LTCI, Family and the Estate Plan Strategy

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NAIC Panel Seeks More Info Before Backing Agent MLR Exemption
State insurance regulators delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provision of the health care reform law. ... Click here to read more.

More Group Health Insurance Stories from Benefits Selling
Broker Battle Continues on the Hill
Good or Bad? Media Weighs in on PPACA