Health Care Reform

The ERISA Industry Committee dug into reports about what the awards have done to specific plans, and this is what it found.

The 12 independent pharmacies identified more than 48,000 prescription claims that they say were paid below the state's minimum reimbursement level.

The groups want the rules for life, disability and excepted benefits plans to be the same as the rules for health plans.

The health insurance exchange is also moving to fire 569 agents and brokers and ending coverage for 760,000 people affected by what officials say were unauthorized enrollments.

For employers, the expiration of the patent on the brand-name blood thinner could lead to lower costs and improved patient care.

Employer plans would have to cover outpatient treatment and recovery support services at no cost to the patient.