Employer Health Insurance Mandate Under the Affordable Care Act

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Next, employers must ensure that they offer essential health benefits, which include the following: ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental health, behavioral health, substance abuse …
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How to Avoid Surgery for Back Pain

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But treating back pain is tricky: Narcotics mask pain without fixing the problem, and they can be addictive. The other quick fix, surgery, is often ineffective and costly. Despite the downsides, a recent study found that both drugs and surgery for back …
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Lisa Robin Kelly Loses Battle With Addiction… Randy Jackson Describes Michael's Interventions… Maybe She's the Madam of Marijuana… Cody Longo Avoids Jail on DUI… Singer Miguel Arrested for DUI… Bobby Dale Earnhardt Charged With DUI… More.
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There are drugs to help fight painkiller addiction, but access is an issue …

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(One study showed a higher rate of opioid addiction among current Medicaid beneficiaries than among those on other forms of insurance.) Yet even though the ACA holds out the possibility of new treatment options for many, restrictions on the medicines …
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