Teresa Miller, a key advisor in the federal office creating health exchanges, said she and her colleagues are too busy implementing the federal health reform law to worry about how the U.S. Supreme Court might rule on it.

The federal health reform law would create about 100,000 new jobs and add $4.4 billion to California’s economy, according to a new study.

The cost of health care this year for a family of four exceeds $20,000, a record high despite a lower rate of increase from past years.

The National Association of Health Underwriters is urging its membership to contact their senators to support a bill that would exempt agent and broker commissions from the medical loss ratios controlling health insurers’ spending.

Wider use of consumer-directed health plans could dramatically change the landscape of health care and coverage in the U.S., a new study suggests.

The medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) sector is outpacing other property-casualty sectors in its ability to garner profits and generate returns.

Employers and insurance brokers are arguing with consumer advocates over the affordability definition in the federal health care reform used to determine employees’ eligibility for tax credits to purchase insurance.

With the advent of the Supreme Court argument, all parties involved in the health insurance business are waiting. This is particularly true of health insurance carriers. Each insurance carrier to date has made adjustments to their business based on their best interpretation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health reform law.

Medical care should be taxed as a means of increasing the money put into the “chronically underfunded public health system” in the U.S., a new report recommends.

What happens if the Supreme Court strikes down the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Proponents claim that millions of Americans will lose benefits that they are already receiving. That is not necessarily true.