Participants, mostly agents, in the latest IFAwebnews.com poll – to no one’s surprise – say federal health officials should exempt insurance agent and broker commissions from medical loss ratio calculations.

The Maryland Board of Public Works awarded a contract to Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting to perform rate review services, using part of the $1 million the state received from federal officials.

The Pennsylvania nominee for insurance commissioner has asked federal officials to help it provide health insurance coverage to people who will lose their adultBasic coverage because of “problems left by the prior administration,” according to a statement from Gov. Tom Corbett’s office.

A repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would restrict access to affordable health insurance, “burden” small businesses with skyrocketing health care costs and “explode” national and state deficits, government officials say.

Federal officials looking at how insurance market reforms under the health reform law may cause adverse selection consulted with a trade association representing companies involved in self-insurance.

The new California insurance commissioner and the secretary of the U.S. Health Department are working to prevent Blue Shield of California from implementing a rate increase of up to 59%.

I am not a Constitutional expert. I do not know precedent regarding cases involving the federal government encroaching on state’s rights as set forth in the Constitution. I just want to get that out of the way before anyone reads my next statement.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to force health insurance companies to justify any rate increases of 10% or more, starting next year.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has placed restrictions against health insurers offering mini-med plans, saying it wants to protect consumers.

An article in the Thanksgiving edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the myriad inconsistencies and irrationalities of the new health insurance overhaul law — dubbed “health care reform” — and spells out how the federal government is paving the way for the demise of the health insurance broker.