News bites: New regs require timely health coverage

The Obama administration is moving forward with regulations to keep employers from making their workers wait more than 90 days to use healthcare coverage, The Hill’s Healthwatch reports.

The Security and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Massachusetts man accused of stealing $1.1 million in a hedge fund scam, according to The Boston Globe.

Identity theft protection provider Intersections Inc. is blaming plummeting revenue on increased regulatory scrutiny, Reuters reports.

In Britain, newspapers are lashing back against plans to regulate the press, The New York Times reports.

Opinion: The IRS’s worker-classification rules aren’t working, said Scott Shane in Bloomberg Businessweek.

In case you missed yesterday’s RegWatch:

A group of coal state Senate Democrats urged the Obama administration to modify proposed emissions regulations for power plants.

The federal Office of Advocacy accused the IRS of failing to calculate the paperwork burdens of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

NADCO filled its new regulatory chief position.

Unions, advocates praised the president’s choice for Labor secretary, saying the pick could spur action on worker protection rules.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to better protect nuclear material from theft.

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