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	<title>Georgians For a Healthy Future &#187; insurance</title>
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		<title>GHF Announces 2012 Legislative &amp; Policy Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, Georgians for a Healthy Future will work collaboratively with our coalition and community partners to advance the following health care policy priorities...]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Committee Issues Final Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Committee issued its final report this week, calling for the development of a small business health insurance marketplace outside the context of the exchange framework authorized by the Affordable Care Act but failing to explicitly recommend the establishment of a health insurance exchange for individual consumers.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia&#8217;s health insurance exchange committee finalizes work, receives national press</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2797?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=georgias-health-insurance-exchange-committee-finalizes-work-receives-national-press</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final report of the Governor’s health insurance exchange advisory committee is expected on December 15th. The work of the committee received attention in the Washington Post and Kaiser Health News this week...]]></description>
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		<title>Developing essential health benefits: opportunity to provide input</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2014, many health insurance plans, including those to be offered through the new state-based health insurance exchanges, must cover a minimum package of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services and products comparable to those offered in a typical employment-based plan...]]></description>
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		<title>New Plain Language Summary of Benefits Form At Risk</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2714?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-plain-language-summary-of-benefits-form-at-risk</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you find your health insurance forms full of jargon and fine print? A little known but important provision of the Affordable Care Act requires health insurance companies to utilize a uniform, standardized form that allows consumers to better understand their coverage and compare their options...]]></description>
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		<title>Final Ruling on Insurance Standards Issued</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2697?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=final-ruling-on-medical-loss-ratio-standards-issued</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to your support and advocacy, Georgia consumers will experience better value in their health insurance plans and will receive rebates if their insurance companies cannot meet these reasonable standards of value. While the decision didn't go as far as health care consumer advocates would have liked, HHS made a balanced decision that carefully considered the needs of health care consumers...]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity for Input on Essential Health Benefits</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2587?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=opportunity-for-input-on-essential-health-benefits</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2014, many health insurance plans, including those to be offered through the new state-based health insurance exchanges, must cover a minimum package of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services and products comparable to those offered in a typical employment-based plan. Now HHS is seeking input from consumers, providers, businesses, insurers, state government officials, and other stakeholders by holding regional listening sessions...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Committee Issues Interim Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governor’s Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Committee, charged with determining whether Georgia should establish a state-based health insurance exchange, held its fourth full committee meeting this morning...]]></description>
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		<title>GHF leads fight to protect new consumer-friendly health insurance standards</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2515?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ghf-leads-fight-to-protect-new-consumer-friendly-health-insurance-standards</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to your strong support, Georgians for a Healthy Future and Georgia Watch are proud to announce that we jointly submitted public comments on behalf of 17 Georgia organizations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting that exciting new health insurance standards that provide increased transparency and value for health care consumers, known as medical loss ratio rules, go through as planned...]]></description>
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		<title>Bang for the Buck: Medical Loss Ratio Rules</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2488?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bang-for-the-buck-medical-loss-ratio-rules</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2012, Georgia consumers who purchase individual health insurance policies will have access to more information about how their premium dollars are being spent AND will be eligible for rebates if their insurance company fails to provide sufficient value for the premium dollar...]]></description>
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