Broker Regulation

Senator Elizabeth Warren threw down the gauntlet to insurers in a speech on Thursday: they need new rules to hold them accountable to Americans health care needs.

A review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that about 1,700 people who died in 2014 received at least some subsidy help in 2015 because HealthCare.gov helped those people re-enroll automatically.

Nationwide, 29 percent of registered voters ranked health care as the most important issue for electoral discussion though it was far more important for Democrats than Republicans.

The administration has contacted insurance vendors that participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, informing them that they will be expected to address several hot health care topics in the plans they offer for next year.

Advocacy groups filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations efforts to overhaul Medicaid by allowing states to require some beneficiaries to work or pursue jobs.

Not that it wants to provide benefits itself, but Uber has come out in favor of the creation of a whole new portable benefits system.