With health insurance aid to thousands of Americans hanging in the balance, House Democrats are struggling to obtain votes to extend benefits through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).

When Washington lobbyists were predicting that Sen. Chris Dodd’s retirement announcement spelled the end of financial services reform, I opined in an article I wrote for Captive Review that they were dead wrong. My theory was that with health insurance reform taken care of and no fundraising to worry about, Dodd had only this to focus on. With the help of New England Republicans-In-Name-Only, I was vindicated—his bill, S. 3217, now awaits reconciliation with its House counterpart, H.R. 4173.

Indicating that Congress is well within its right to require individuals to secure private health insurance under new federal law, attorneys for the Obama Administration are asking a federal judge to dismiss a suit filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A new Rasmussen poll shows that Americans are increasingly opposed to the health care reform law that was passed several months ago, and the number of those who want to …  Read →

For the second time in two months, a Louisiana senator has lost his bid to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through a standalone bill and not a comprehensive reform package.

The U.S. Senate’s passage of financial services reform May 20 has drawn the praise of two insurance industry trade groups, both pleased to see that senators deemed property-casualty insurance different than other financial service sectors.

Facing a June 1 deadline for hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers to start footing the full cost for their health insurance, Congress has pitched a new plan to extend subsidies through the end of the year.

Acknowledging that a federal lawsuit could take years to resolve, Virginia officials have announced a new Health Care Reform Initiative to prepare for the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Considering it unlikely to appear on a future docket of the U.S. Supreme Court, a constitutional law expert says a federal lawsuit by Virginia’s attorney general challenging health reform mandates is “a loser.”

Since my May 11 blog entry opining that there is no constitutional authority for Congress to enact Obamacare, the United States Department of Justice has spoken, taking issue with my …  Read →