Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans insured 1.1% fewer people in September 2010 than one year earlier, according to new research.

The possibility of health care reform, coupled with business downsizing and the aging workforce, may have conspired to cause the apparent bottoming out of health insurance premium prices last year, according to a new analysis.

Claiming hundreds of thousands of federal employees were “grossly misled” by two insurers and a government agency regarding freezes in premiums for long-term care insurance, a Virginia congressman wants a hearing on the matter to prevent future incidents.