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Title 38 of Section 1729 in the US Code allows the Veterans Administration (VA) to collect a part of the health care costs obtained by veterans in VA hospitals from private health insurance companies that cover the veterans. The government must adjudicate the claim, determine the health care costs, and submit the costs to the third-party payer. This statute is not applicable when the third-party payer is also a government agency, such as Champus or Medicare departments, because different executive branch departments cannot bill each other according to federal law.
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The large amount of standards and requirements that life and health insurance companies must deal with should be reduced. Elimination of many of these rules would help lower operation costs and help reduce the complexities insurers must face. For example, instead of continuing with the National Association of Insurance Commission's Insurance Regulatory Information System tests, the commission should eliminate the tests.
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The results of the 1996 elections will shape legislation affecting health insurers in 1997. Direct access to specialists, disclosure of provider payment methods and mandatory out-of-network options will be among the issues confronted by legislators. State regulation of health insurance is not expected to become a reality in 1997 as both parties favor dual regulation.
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