One night after President Barack Obama told the nation having a deadline was key in the effort to reform the nation’s health care system, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said …  Read →

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed a plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system, including the addition of a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers …  Read →

The president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) is voicing his concern over efforts in Washington, D.C., to reform health care and state insurance regulation, likening it …  Read →

After a month of mark-ups, amendments and compromise, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has passed legislation to overhaul U.S. healthcare.

The HELP Committee’s legislation includes a government-run health …  Read →

With everything from a government-run insurance plan to taxes on health benefits being proposed in Washington, D.C., five of the industry’s largest agent and broker associations are planning to lobby …  Read →

Members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said their proposal to reform the nation’s health care can cost under $1 trillion and is “fully paid for,” stumbling blocks facing other …  Read →

If the Affordable Health Choices Act, proposed by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) and Senate Democrats last week, were enacted in its current form, it would cost $1 trillion over the …  Read →

A group of Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), has kicked off debate on the future of health care reform in America with legislation that fails to address …  Read →

As members of Congress work diligently to craft legislation on health care reform to debate later this summer, President Barack Obama has reminded them of his sense of urgency on …  Read →

After months of speculation about the details of his health care reform legislation, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) has unveiled the major tenets of his efforts, including a government-run insurance …  Read →