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The new federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program is hard to get into, too expensive for the typical uninsured individual with a chronic illness, and under-promoted, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

A federal subsidy providing a 65 percent reduction for the cost of COBRA coverage will end Sept. 1.

The federal COBRA subsidy's last group of recipients those who began receiving assistance in May 2010 roll off Sept 1. As a result, they face a 186 percent increase in their monthly premiums.

Michigan lawmakers acted illegally when they agreed to take 3 percent from the pay of government employees and earmark it for retirees' health care, the state appeals court said Friday

A key legislative committee approved a bill Thursday to give state regulators the power to reject proposed health insurance rate increases, but the measure faces a stiff fight on the California Senate floor.

The HR nightmare in Alabama, was McKinsey right and . . . Perrycare?

The federal health care overhaul signed into law last year will drastically cut the number of uninsured Wisconsin residents by 2016 but will drive up premiums for some customers and could cause some companies to drop coverage for their employees, a report released Wednesday found.

Vertafore, provider of insurance distribution channel management solutions, announced this week that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sircon, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Indianapolis, IN-based Kaplan Compliance Solutions (KCS), a provider of insurance and securities software and services.