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.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a San Francisco Democrat, has joined forces with those seeking approval of an initiative that would allow California to regulate health insurance rates.

A bipartisan, companion Senate bill to the House bill excluding insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations will be introduced in a few days, although the political environment makes its passage uncertain.

The Obama Administration rejected Texas’ request that it be allowed to phase in federal health reform‘s medical loss ratio to prevent the state’s health insurance market from destabilizing.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky told health care advocates that the November presidential election is all about health reform and how far it can be taken.

Texas insurance regulators expect a decision soon from the Obama Administration on whether they can delay forcing insurers to pay rebates to health plan members if the companies exceed new medical loss ratio requirements.

If you like political theater, chaos, confusion and upheaval, mark your calendars now for late June. In the most important courtroom in the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on whether President Barack Obama‘s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional in late June.

More than half of adults report they are confused about health insurance when choosing which plan to purchase, a new survey found.

The Obama Administration, which actually means Barack Obama and those hoping to earn a second term with him at the White House, appear to be willing to chip away at their health reform law in order to stay in power.

The Obama Administration has proposed sharing with states the responsibility of defining essential health benefits (EHBs), a move that empowers states to detail their specific offerings within broad federal categories.