Health Care Reform

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the new health reform law will end limited medical plans - or mini-meds - in 2014. The department also released new rules for how these plans will be issued going forward.

A nonprofit consumer advocate group is criticizing efforts by health agents and brokers to amend medical loss ratio regulation

Fifty percent of Americans oppose health care reform's individual mandate clause, which requires the uninsured to purchase health insurance, according to a new Harris Interactive and HealthDay poll.

An amendment proposed by a Georgia Congressman would cut off funding for HHS to implement new medical loss ratio requirements. Health agents and brokers praise the measure, hoping it will prevent further disruption in insurance markets.

During health care reform's implementation in 2014, up to two-thirds of California's 7 million uninsured residents will become eligible for health insurance coverage, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Six out of 10 employers hope Congress will repeal health care reform while seven in 10 employers do not believe the legislation will alleviate health care costs, according to Health Care Reform 360, a national study by Market Strategies International.

Senate Republicans tried to repeal the recent health care reform legislation but were defeated in a 47-51 vote on Wednesday, though they anticipated the move to fail.

When health exchanges emerge in 2014, new analysis indicates this will be the exit point for several employers to get out of the health benefits arena.