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Who gets thumped by higher taxes in President Barack Obama's health care law?

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today is releasing $10 million in competitive solicitation for cooperative agreements in an effort to counter child labor in Cambodia's agriculture, fishing and domestic-service sectors.

Timothy Jost and others who represent consumers in proceedings at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) are scoffing at the idea that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) will have little effect on the small-group health insurance market.

Sen. Al Franken says more than 123,000 Minnesotans are benefiting from insurance rebates under a provision he sponsored in the federal health law, even though some won't get checks in the mail.

Republican governors who've balked at creating new private insurance markets under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul may end up getting stuck with the very thing they're trying to avoid.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday signed into law a bill he said should provide a model for a nation trying to stem the spiraling cost of health care.