Broker Regulation

In its failure to repeal Obamacare this fall, Congress should have learned a simple lesson: Americans want the government to see that everyone has health insurance.

Trump has done nothing but talk since his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, issued a report on Nov. 1 filled with dire language and calls to action.

Measures proposed in the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday would cut some Affordable Care Act taxes for health insurers, drugmakers and medical-device makers. Patients, too, would benefit from the changes, which are likely to be attached to an end-of-year spending bill.

Some Americans who froze their credit reports following the big data breach this year at the credit-rating firm Equifax may be in for a surprise if they try to purchase insurance on the federal health laws marketplaces.

The agency that runs Nevada's Nevada Health Link health insurance exchange wants to cut the HealthCare.gov cord and move to a private exchange platform by Nov. 1, 2019.

Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, has questioned new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Brenda Fitzgeralds over financial holdings that could prevent her from talking about cancer and prescription drug monitoring programs.