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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn may use an executive order to establish a health insurance exchange, a website where consumers could comparison shop for insurance that's a key piece of President Barack Obama's health care law, according to Quinn's chief health care adviser.

Moody's Investors Service said Monday that it expects more companies in the health-care industry to start paying dividends, keeping pace with a trend in the broader market.

As I flew back to FreeERISAs hometown of Washington, D.C., I wondered what the health insurance world looked like in a city of 1.3 million people compared to D.C.s 617,000.

It would seem counterintuitive for employersespecially small to mid-size organizationsto assume more risk in todays marketplace. But thats exactly whats happening thanks to self-funding, or self-insurance.

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans honored Dallas Salisbury, president and chief executive officer of the EBRI, with the 2012 Public Service Award.

Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed legislation that would set up a state health insurance exchange as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, saying the state shouldn't rush to enact such a law and possibly create new burdens on taxpayers while the constitutionality of the federal act remains...