JoAnn Volk | CHIRblog https://chirblog.org Blogging about health insurance coverage, insurance markets, and how people are affected by insurance reform Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:37:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://chirblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-chir-1-32x32.png JoAnn Volk | CHIRblog https://chirblog.org 32 32 The Feds Crack Down on Sham Insurance: New Court Order to Protect Consumers from Deceptive Marketing https://chirblog.org/feds-crack-sham-insurance-new-court-order-protect-consumers-deceptive-marketing/ https://chirblog.org/feds-crack-sham-insurance-new-court-order-protect-consumers-deceptive-marketing/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:37:22 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=6907 https://chirblog.org/feds-crack-sham-insurance-new-court-order-protect-consumers-deceptive-marketing/feed/ 0 Congress, Administration Work to Meet Growing Need for Behavioral Health Care 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