Life insurance groups are wondering whether the U.S. Department of Labor will put off enforcing the current version of the fiduciary rule, then come back with new regulations.

Figuring out how killing the Affordable Care Act individual health insurance mandate might affect individual major medical enrollment is trickier than it sounds.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D- Va., talked about the pressure for the creation of a universal Medicare buy-in program at a hearing on the individual health insurance market organized by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

A new report from analysts at the Congressional Budget Office predicts that federal spending on subsidies for three major ACA individual health insurance subsidy programs could amount to just $729 billion over the period from 2017 through 2026.

Political analysts are not expecting either the Medicare for All team or the Graham-Cassidy team to have much luck with getting its proposal through Congress in time to have any effect on health coverage in 2018, but either package, or both, could shape future legislation.

A firm focused on helping agents and brokers enroll people in Affordable Care Act public health insurance exchange plans has been acquired by GetInsured, a web broker.

Analysts say Health Care Service Corp may be strong enough to handle the turmoil in the ACA public exchange market.

Some Republicans see state rule waivers as a tool for smoothing over differences.