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• A skinny plan lacking outpatient surgery benefits. Last year companies with mil-
lions of lower-wage workers tried to exclude inpatient hospital care
from their insurance plans. Regulators said this so-called skinny cov-
erage does not comply with Obamacare rules. Now many minimum-
value coverage plans offered through healthcare.gov don't cover outpa-
tient surgery in what critics say is a ploy to test the limits of the
Affordable Care Act.
Federal regulators issued clarifying rules saying that large-employer
plans must provide "substantial coverage of inpatient hospital and
physician services" to qualify as minimum value. The debate now is
whether "substantial coverage" of "physician services" should include
outpatient surgery. Let's hope so.
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• Responsive web design. Whether you've recently vis-
ited outpatientsurgery.net from your desktop com-
puter or mobile device, you've probably
noticed how smooth and fluid our website
is. It's all thanks to the responsive web
design overhaul our interactive media
manager, Christine Reyes, gave the site.
"Our newly redesigned and responsive
website allows you to access your favorite
articles easily on desktops, tablets and smartphones," says Ms. Reyes.
"It has a streamlined navigation that converts to mobile navigation
depending on your screen size. You still have the same great content,
but now with a larger font size and less clutter."
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