Core and Group Health

Robert Gibbs was the much-needed serving of vegetables this week.

It may be that the millions of Americans who so far have not signed up for health insurance through the public exchanges may not want the essential package that even basic plans must include by law.

Administering the 2010 health-care law is just like municipal snow shoveling -- a top priority thats non-negotiable, John Koskinen, the commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, said.

More than 1 million people waited until the last five days to sign up for 2014 health coverage under Obamacare, and early indications are that many were young minorities, insurance analysts and enrollment groups said.

There's plenty of discussion about private exchanges these days.

Word is employer health care costs are leveling off.