Azar, the nominee to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today told Democratic senators that he will agree with them about many issues but will probably disagree with them about the Affordable Care Act.

Managers of HealthCare.gov are acting on the assumption that the Affordable Care Act public exchange system will still be selling individual and small-group health insurance coverage in 2019.

Two large health insurance market makers say customers who have to pay the full cost of their individual major medical coverage themselves are facing big increases in premium bills for 2018 coverage.

Officials at the Employee Benefits Security Administration announced that they will postpone the effective date of the new regulations 90 days, to April 1, 2018, and only 90 days, to review information on the potential impact of the regulations on the group disability market.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will be increasing Medicare Part A premiums $9 per month in 2018, holding the 'standard' Medicare Part B premium steady, and letting the premium many enrollees actually could rise sharply.

Problems in the commercial health insurance market may be overwhelming the ability of the Affordable Care Act premium tax credit program to help middle-income people stay covered.

Labor's Acosta told a House committee that DOL has already drafted regulations describing how it would handle violations of the best-interest standards.

Here are other four key provisions described in the Senate bill summary that might be of interest to agents who sell life insurance, health insurance or annuities.