The individual health insurance price difference limits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) could lead to big increases in rates for some young consumers starting in 2014.

The three federal agencies in charge of implementing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 want to know how small employers' use of stop-loss programs, or insurance for self-insured health plans, affects the market for fully insured small group coverage.

Many low-income and moderate-income U.S. adults say they would be willing to pay about $18 extra per month for generous coverage for specialty drugs.

If you're selling to consumers in Florida, Nevada or New York, they might need private long-term care insurance (LTCI) more than prospects living in Hawaii, Kansas or Connecticut.

U.S. health insurers have had to post explanations of 186 individual health insurance rate increases on the Web since new federal rate review rules took effect Sept. 1, 2011.

The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) has put out a commentary summarizing what it knows about the new Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.

The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) has issued a bulletin that could affect the ability of personal health account programs to continue to operate after Jan. 1, 2014.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could see big changes in private health insurance programs spending in the next fiscal year.