The problems of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security should serve as a cautionary tale a federal takeover of insurance regulation, according to a new white paper.

Mark Boozell

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Two women were arrested and a third person is being sought by authorities in California for their alleged involvement in a $678,000 phony billing scheme to defraud Medicare.

The trio is …  Read →

About one-third of those people who tried to buy insurance on the private market were denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition over the last three years, a government analysis …  Read →

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is offering up to $40 million in grants to provide increased insurance coverage to uninsured children.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaking in Colorado …  Read →

Fifty-three people in three states were indicted as part of a scheme to submit more than $50 million in false Medicare claims in an ongoing effort by federal authorities to …  Read →

An additional 33,000 New Jersey children are expected to receive health care this year, thanks to $286 million in federal funding coming to the state through the Children’s Health Insurance …  Read →

In an effort to prevent the continued loss of billions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services are teaming …  Read →

The median net worth of families who purchase health insurance is nearly 35 times greater than the net worth of families who are uninsured, a government analysis found.

In contrast, the …  Read →

As the possibility of a swine flu-related pandemic in the U.S. appears to be subsiding, Congress is weighing whether to guarantee emergency treatment for victims affected by a major public …  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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