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  IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

  By Alan Fram and Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 21, 2013

  A key figure in the IRS's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

• NM changing its plans for health exchange

  By Barry Massey  |  May 21, 2013

  New Mexico is switching gears on its plan for a health insurance exchange and initially will partner with the federal government for computer services needed for an online insurance marketplace.

• Carrier group fights for Medigap

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 21, 2013

  AHIP touted a report this week showing an increase in Medigap enrollment as a way to push back against proposed taxes against the program.

• AIG to invest $92.5 million in Chinese carrier

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  American International Group Inc. said Monday that it will spend $718.1 million Hong Kong dollars ($92.5 million) in a rights offering by Chinese insurance company PICC Property and Casualty Co.

• Three to offer insurance in Montana marketplace

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  Three health insurance companies plan to sell health insurance through the federal insurance marketplace in Montana.

• California bill would strip health agency secrecy

  By Michael R. Blood  |  May 21, 2013

  Two lawmakers are pushing legislation to strip broad secrecy provisions from the state agency overseeing health care reforms in California that could shield from the public how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent, officials said Monday.

• Rite Aid adds former carrier CEO to board

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp.'s board of directors has elected former Blue Shield of California Chairman and CEO Bruce G. Bodaken to its board of directors.

• Younger adults expect premiums to rise under reform

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 20, 2013

  Nearly two-thirds of younger Americans expect their health insurance premiums to rise because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey.

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  Bucking tradition

  By Mike Sullivan  |  May 20, 2013

  Like this forward-thinking retailer, our own industry would benefit from advancing its collective mindset. We need to consider innovative possibilities, rather than cling to time-honored practices. We must expand beyond the walls of tradition that confine us.

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  GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 20, 2013

  The former head of the office that subjected tea-party groups seeking tax exemptions to tougher scrutiny is now running the tax agency's division in charge of implementing the health care law.