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Courting disaffected conservatives, House Republican leaders offered Friday to overturn a pair of Obama administration environmental policies and avert a deep cut in payments to doctors treating Medicare patients as part of legislation renewing a Social Security payroll tax cut through 2012.

Republicans who control the Colorado House have the chance to put their stamp on the state budget next year and it's looking like they'll force a standoff with Democrats and Gov. John Hickenlooper over a tax break for seniors and Medicaid spending.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.

Arkansas' insurance commissioner on Friday said he would stop trying to seek state control of a health insurance exchange required under the federal health care law after facing opposition from top Republicans in the state Legislature.

If I could pick anyone I wouldnt want to be today, itd be Herman Cain. Once again, hes taken top prize of the who had the worst week in Washington" category.

How well suited TPAs are to handle the upcoming abundance of reporting and disclosure rules under health care reform?