Health Care Reform

North Carolina and South Dakota could have three exchange carriers; Washington gets tough.

Maybe the 40th vote to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law will be a charm for opponents of the overhaul.

With two months to go before the enrollment opens on the health care exchange, Mainers are getting an early look into the new insurance rates and other changes coming under the federal health care law.

Washington state's insurance commissioner on Thursday announced that he's approved 31 plans that will be part of the state's new health exchange.

Health insurance rates in Ohio will rise an average of 18 percent for small businesses and 41 percent for individuals participating in the new marketplaces created by the federal health care law, state insurance officials said Thursday.

The giants in gestation have not gotten much press, but OPM is setting up an external review program.