Nine months ago, unemployed workers received a boost to continue their health care coverage through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which extended COBRA benefits. The move, meant as a temporary way to provide a 65% premium subsidy and ease the cost of health care for the unemployed, has already expired for some.

Omitting a government-run health insurance program from a Senate reform bill will give private insurers “free rein” to increase premiums and “drive up the cost of federal subsidies,” according to a group of Senate Democrats.

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and Nationwide Insurance say a proposed auto parts bill before Congress will both provide options for consumers minding their budgets and help sustain …  Read →

Citing the need to introduce competition in the health insurance market and contain health care costs, a group of 28 U.S. senators introduced a resolution to include a federally-backed health …  Read →