Broker Regulation

The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.

An Alaska lawmaker has dropped his bill to restrict collective bargaining rights for many public workers.

Unlike Wisconsin's high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio's new law includes police officers and firefighters — who say it threatens the safety of them and the people they protect.

Private companies and networks of hospitals and other providers would deliver Medicaid health care services across Florida under Republican legislation that passed the state House on a largely party-line vote Thursday.

In this blog, I’ll be highlighting some of the major events that occurred in the employee benefits business over the past week, as well as the news coverage surrounding them.

A Fidelity Investments report notes that retiring couples this year will need $230,000 for medical expenses -- a drop from the $250,000 originally predicted by the Boston-based advisory firm.

Republican lawmakers charge that the AARP, which supported the Affordable Care Act of 2010, will profit from its passage, and that the organization should be stripped of its federal tax exemption.

Consumer advocacy groups are airing radio advertisements to bring public pressure on Gov. Susana Martinez to sign legislation for stricter review of health insurance rate increases.