Broker Regulation

The exchange builders in states with active exchange design programs still seem to be deciding how to work with health insurance agents and brokers.

Arkansas would save $372 million over the next several years if it goes forward with an expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law after the savings from the law and new state tax revenue are factored in, state officials said Tuesday.

Seven attorneys general trying to block the federal health care law's requirement for contraception coverage saw their lawsuit dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge who said they didn't have standing to file it.

For Gov. Rick Perry, saying "no" to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state.

Women may be the big winners in the health reform game. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund estimates that once fully implemented, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cover nearly all women, reducing the uninsured rate among women from 20 percent to 8 percent.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has issued an executive order creating a statewide health insurance exchange, following up on his promise to do so once the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health care overhaul.