Nearly three-quarters (71%) of mid-sized to large companies intend to keep their health insurance plans in place for 2012, according to a new Towers Watson survey.

Nearly three-quarters (70%) of employers are concerned about the potential effects of the federal health reform law’s employer mandate.

If Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are going to offer a replacement to the federal health reform law, insurance agents favor efforts to save their commissions and eliminate mandates, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

A federal judge in Virginia dismissed a suit filed by Liberty University challenging the constitutionality of the federal health reform law.

In a plan the White House says “bridges the gap” between House and Senate health reform bills, President Barack Obama laid out a comprehensive proposal he feels will make coverage more affordable and accessible, while calling for greater accountability by stakeholders in the market.

The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia applauded the members of his party – and five Democrats – in the state Senate who voted to advance bills rejecting what he calls the “health care nightmare” currently in negotiations in Washington, D.C.

As Congress debates a final comprehensive health care bill for the nation, one Virginia delegate is proposing that state residents, and possibly others nationwide, not be held to any coverage mandates.

Joining the chorus in other states, officials in both Idaho and Florida are staunchly protesting federal health insurance mandates for individuals and businesses.

House Republican Leader John Boehner says he strongly supports the “growing rebellion” in state legislatures across the nation to rebuke proposed health mandates on individual and employer coverage.

Virginia’s outgoing attorney general says any move by Congress to mandate the purchase of private health insurance may be unconstitutional.