Broker Regulation

A bill that would force all accident victims to go to emergency rooms instead of their family doctor even for minor injuries has cleared a Florida House subcommittee.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says proposed increases in health insurance premiums for customers in five states have been deemed "unreasonable" by the agency.

Executing a classic Washington dodge, Newt Gingrich told Americans that Medicare and Medicaid could be kept solid merely by ending fraud in the system, a promise of gain without pain that ignores the aging population and other great forces pressing on the programs.

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar signed an alliance agreement that supports President Obama's executive order to hire more disabled people by federal agencies.

Health plans may have to comply with new electronic funds transfer (EFT) and remittance advice standards by Jan. 1, 2014.

Health benefit management company Extend Health Inc. hopes to raise about $75 million with an initial public offering of stock, according to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.