Talking heads abound on cable news and talk shows, asking if the Republicans will try to repeal the health care overhaul law. It’s an exercise in how to get higher ratings for their shows, because the chance of repealing “Obamacare” is about as slim as a rookery of penguins taking up residence in the Sahara Desert.

The Obama Administration’s plan for handling crop insurance commissions marks a sea change that one property-casualty insurance trade group does not like.

Congress allows unemployed to go without COBRA benefits as a result of political miscalculations

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill extending the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner to “quickly pass” legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.

A bill to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits was introduced by two members of the U.S. House of Representatives as failure to fund an extension affects more people.

The U.S. House passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program, the first step in restoring the program, which expired May 31.

A pair of U.S. senators is urging colleagues to support an extension of health insurance benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) through the end of November.

(UPDATE April 16, 2010: Two days after the blog posting below was written, Congress authorized an extension of NFIP until May 31, but only as part of other unrelated legislation. …  Read →

The public option –long debated and absent from President Barack Obama’s health reform plan – appears to no longer be an option.