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Federal Health Reform News
 Newly posted NCSL comments regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules implementing provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Updated May 16, 2012. More
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State Actions to Implement the American Health Benefit Exchange
Health Insurance Exchanges are, for most states, new entities that will function as a marketplace for buyers of health insurance, giving them choices for health coverage. They will offer a variety of certified health plans and provide information and educational services to help consumers understand their options. This web page contains a tally of state actions taken to implement health insurance exchanges. More
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U.S. Supreme Court Considers Health Reform Debate
 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) v. Florida March 26, 27 and 28. Understand the the specific constitutional issues before the court, and how they may impact the future. More
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Federal Guidance and Regulation of State Health Benefit Exchanges
 Information and summaries of federal guidance and regulations affecting the implementation of state health benefit exchanges. View NCSL regulatory responses and all the up to date requirements issued by the federal government. More
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Health Resources and Research
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2012 NCSL Legislative Summit
 This summer, the nation's legislators and legislative staff will gather in Chicago to Build Strong States at the 2012 NCSL Legislative Summit. The Summit gives you the best value—speakers, training, resources, experts, events and more—in the shortest time anywhere. The meeting is structured around the needs of legislators and legislative staff, and will be your only opportunity this year to share experiences and learn together with this many legislative colleagues from across the nation. More
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Federal Health Reform News
Newly posted NCSL comments regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules implementing provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Updated May 16, 2012. More
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Health Reform-2011-12 State Legislative Tracking Database
This 50-state database includes 900+ enacted, pending and failed bills and resolutions for 2011 and 600 + measures under consideration so far in 2012. More
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States Challenging Health Reforms
NCSL reports on 2012 and 2011 state laws, bills and the lawsuits heard by the Supreme Court on March 26-28, 2012. As of April, legislatures in 19 state have passed binding measures opposing state involvement in individual or employer mandates or the entire PPACA. More
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