With an extension of benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) removed from a comprehensive jobs bill in the U.S. House, future health coverage for the unemployed remains unresolved going into the Memorial Day weekend.
A group representing the nation’s health insurance companies is calling an investigation by the U.S. House into the finances of 52 insurers a “politically motivated, taxpayer financed fishing expedition.”
The chairmen of three committees in the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to work together to build legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system, which they hope to … Read →
As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.