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The budget battle is not over. Many of the most nettlesome questions have been left for a new bipartisan super committee of 12 lawmakers whose task will be to find at least $1.2 trillion more in deficit cuts spread over the next decade.

An Obama administration official defended the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) rate review provisions today at a Senate hearing.

The new federal budget deal resolution may not refer directly to private health insurance, but it could have major effects on the health market, an analyst says.

The Senate passed, 74-26, on Tuesday the compromise legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders agreed to on Sunday.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on Medicare Part D which found that nearly 90 percent of mid-year changes to the plan were formulary enhancements.

Lockton Benefit Group President Michael Brewer told lawmakers in Washington, D.C., more than 80 percent of employers are so committed to their employees that they plan to continue to offer group insurance, despite the uncertainty surrounding health care reform.