The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted two fliers about how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may affect consumers' 2014 income taxes.

The U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear oral arguments on a case that could affect the viability of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act public exchange system and PPACA insurance underwriting rules March 4.

Examiners will use the new section to see if insurers are giving plan enrollees the required level of access to health care providers.

Some U.S. employers want to go with cuttting-edge benefits ideas to hold down health insurance costs and increase the quality of the coverage but many seem to hope they can find a way to keep offering the kind of coverage they offer now.

U.S. health insurers should do fine in the coming year, analysts at Fitch Ratings say.

The IRS might have minor or major weaknesses in efforts to test systems that will handle a new series of insurance company net premium filings.

The IRS has come out with a document that lists deluxe hardship exemption justifications -- justifications a taxpayer can use without bothering to get certification from the local exchange.

Two could make the accounts less flexible, but one may free insurers from nanny duty.