Broker Regulation

New York's largest health insurance company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., agreed Tuesday to publicly disclose more data used to justify premium increases.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the Supreme Court should not do what the federal appeals court in Atlanta did, which was to strike down that requirement and leave the rest of the law standing.

Funny thing is, the vocal anti-vaccine crowd needs the vaccinated majority to keep their children healthy. As we saw with recent pertussis and measles outbreaks in California, all it takes is a single unvaccinated parent or child to reignite another epidemic.

Only 49 people have signed up for a pilot state program that was authorized to offer health insurance to as many as 500 working people who otherwise couldn't afford it.

Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is delaying the release of its plan for overhauling the Medicaid program in Kansas until next month so that it has the most current state revenue projections possible, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.

A benefits group wants federal agencies to require the new health plan summary descriptions to go to a tightly focused group of people.