It looks like members of the U.S. House of Representatives will have a busy start to their summer, crafting health care reform legislation for President Barack Obama.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …  Read →

The Obama Administration is looking to tax life insurance firms, securities dealers and large estates to raise money for some of its numerous reforms.

The Treasury Department is looking to raise …  Read →

The CPR (Conservatives for Patients’ Rights) posted a short video on its website allowing those who have had to beg the governments of Canada and England for health care a …  Read →

Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt thinks no matter what you call a government-run insurance plan, a better name for it would be a Trojan horse.

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On what he called a “historic day,” President Barack Obama announced a collaborative effort by several health care industry stakeholders in reforming health care in America that will produce $2 …  Read →

Drip, drip, drip.

The faucet to the nation’s health plans is leaking. Health insurance companies continue to make big concessions to Congress, offering up previously non-negotiable aspects of their health insurance …  Read →

Recent changes to a pair of “mandate light” health bills, proposed by Gov. Tim Kaine and approved by the General Assembly, could have interesting consequences for the insurance industry, according …  Read →

Many of my recent blog postings have been reprints from national associations that are attempting to thwart a runaway Congress that is determined to undermine the livelihood of life and health insurance agents.

The …  Read →

America’s Health Insurance Plans has made another concession to health care reform, pledging to end higher premiums for women as talks of a government-run insurance plan progress.

During a health care …  Read →

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) says any new insurance program run by the government as part of sweeping reforms in Washington, D.C., should follow the same rules and standards as …  Read →