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Graduate student health insurance subsidy returns to the University of Missouri

August 24, 2015August 22, 2015 G. Turner

Following some heavy backlash, the administrators at the college have changed their minds. Administrators at the University of Missouri have now decided that they will be offering student health insurance subsidies to graduate students who are working at the college, after all. This is a direct reversal of the decision that had been made last week, in which they had decided to cut the funding. This change of heart with regards to the student health insurance subsidies has arrived after some serious backlash occurred against the university. Graduate students threatened…

US government to investigate health insurance subsidy abuse

June 18, 2014June 16, 2014 Nordstrom

Government regulators are looking to uncover potential fraud Hundreds of thousands of people throughout the U.S. are being contacted by the federal government. The government is questioning these people about their eligibility for the subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act. According to the Obama administration, a large portion of those seeking coverage through health insurance exchanges may have provided misleading or false information concerning their incomes. This information does not match that which is stored with the Internal Revenue Service, which calls into question whether or not subsidies are…