Broker Regulation

The federal health laws efforts to get nonprofit hospitals to provide more community-wide benefits in exchange for their lucrative tax status has gotten off to a slow start.

President Donald Trumps pick to lead the U.S. Health and Human Services Department is likely to face questions on drug prices and Obamacare when he faces senators at his second hearing on Capitol Hill.

Idaho governor Butch Otter has signed an executive order instructing the state department of insurance to draft new regulations to allow a broader array of insurance policies to be sold in the state.

A letter signed by 11 individuals affiliated with influential conservative groups urges President Trump and GOP leaders in Congress to stay true to one of the Republican Partys central campaign promises in the new year by scrapping Obamacare.

Despite spending approved by Congress in late December that was expected to keep the program running for three months, some states will start running out of money much sooner.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration agreed in November to push the effective date back to April 1, from Jan. 1, to give disability insurers, employers, and benefit plan administrators and trade groups more time to prove that the new regulations would hurt the group disability market.