If health reform includes a public health insurance plan whose payments mirrored Medicare payment levels, premiums for comparable private insurance would cost 30% more and siphon off about 32 million …  Read →

The prospect of a national “czar” for insurance regulation is again rearing its ugly head, according to a recent articleposted on IFAwebnews.com. The comprehensive story lays out arguments both pro …  Read →

Hundreds of health care advocates and activists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey participated Saturday in a health care rally and march at the Ben Franklin Bridge, demanding national health care …  Read →

Calling testimony on the Ingenix out-of -network reimbursement database “profoundly troubling,” a Senate committee chairman called for more accountability by those responsible.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), …  Read →

Members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents will gather in Washington, D.C., April 1 and 2 for their annual Federal Legislative Summit with the goal of reinforcing the …  Read →

This very short blog post in the Wall Street Journal asks the big question; wouldn’t it be great if someone in the new Administration actually paid attention to it?

Here is …  Read →

An infusion of federal funds has not allowed American International Group to under-price its insurance products, according to Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario and the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

In written …  Read →

The insurance arms of American International Group did not lead it to seek billions in federal aid, but will likely be the mechanisms to repay American taxpayers, according to Pennsylvania …  Read →

Veterans and Congressional leaders — including many fellow and powerful Democrats — have taken up arms against President Obama‘s proposed new law that would have private insurers pay for the medical …  Read →

Congress will consider whether to force health insurers to cover all preexisting and chronic illnesses.

John "Jay" Rockefeller

Echoing a plank of President Barack Obama‘s campaign platform, Sen. John D. (Jay) …  Read →