Health Care Reform

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced last week it has established a new task force to examine and address potential adverse impacts on the role of health insurance agents and brokers that stem from new health reform laws.

people with consumer-driven health plans and high-deductible health plans are more likely than those with traditional coverage to think the new law will affect them personally

Approximately half of enrollees anticipate their health care costs to grow because of the health reform law.

Industry groups will seek Congressional intervention to change MLR rules on agent compensation.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it has issued long-awaited final regulations on the medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Grassroots advocacy organization Save Flexible Spending Plans is making a last-ditch effort to get new Congressional leaders to repeal a provision of health reform before the Jan. 1 effective date.

In a recent survey, employers say they are not likely to drop health care once state-run insurance exchanges take effect in 2014, finds consulting firm Mercer.

The Department of Health and Human Services is offering grants to ambitious states that can be the first to produce consumer-friendly technology for health care exchanges.