Benefits Brokers: News

• Premium increases remain steady

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 17, 2013

  Health insurance premiums have remained steady in the lead up to the implementation of the main provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to new analysis.

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  Ousted IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party

  By Alan Fram, Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 17, 2013

  A top House Republican charges that the IRS's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration.

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  Obama picks budget official to run IRS

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 17, 2013

  President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups.

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  Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

  By Stephen Braun  |  May 17, 2013

  Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built...

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  Employers will keep coverage, despite PPACA, survey finds

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 17, 2013

  Health insurance in the workplace won’t go away because of PPACA. But it will be different.

• White House responds to repeal vote with new PPACA campaign

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 16, 2013

  The White House on Thursday launched a new campaign promoting PPACA and urging Americans to join supporters.

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  Another round for the House on PPACA

  By Richard Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 16, 2013

  One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it.

• HHS tightens child care health, safety standards

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 16, 2013

  The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it will, for the first time, impose tough national health and safety standards for all child care facilities that accept government subsidies.

• IRS chief’s ouster isn’t ending investigations

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 16, 2013

  Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.

• HSAs remain viable for working poor

  By Allison Bell  |  May 16, 2013

  Low-income people will still be able to use health savings accounts after Jan. 1, 2014.