The percentage of people without health insurance last year was not statistically different from 2009, although the number of people enrolled in employer-sponsored plans and private health insurance decreased, a government agency says.

The Annapolis, Md.-based Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative announced it will join a national coalition of health groups with the mission to enroll uninsured people under the federal health care reform in 2014.

A national trade group for health insurance agents and brokers is participating in Enroll America, a group waging a national effort to reduce the number of uninsured Americans and provide educational resources on both public and private coverage options.

The federal health reform law, if it stands, should trim the number of uninsured Americans to about 5%, according to an Oliver Wyman survey.

A nine-months pregnant woman filed suit against Nebraska Aug. 26, alleging that her unborn baby qualifies for Medicaid benefits, even though she is ineligible as an undocumented immigrant.

A federal program allowing people who lose their jobs to keep the employer-provided insurance expired Aug. 31 after three extensions, leaving millions of beneficiaries and their dependents uninsured.

A Charlotte, N.C.-area man who lacked health insurance says he robbed the RBC Bank in Gaston County, N.C., earlier this month so he could obtain health coverage – in prison.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta, where 26 states will argue against the U.S. Government, is the next stop in the ongoing legal battle over federal health reform.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner has issued a report, based on comments at five public hearings held across the state, that suggests that state residents want tobacco settlement money to be used for health-related programs.

A Pennsylvania lawsuit asks that the governor be forced to reinstate adultBasic after the auditor general said the government used one-third of the money legally designated to health programs for other purposes.