According to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 3 million Californians are enrolled in high-deductible health plans.

The Department of Health and Human Services is offering grants to ambitious states that can be the first to produce consumer-friendly technology for health care exchanges.

Milliman, Seattle, recently completed its 2010 Group Health Insurance Survey, which projects an average 10.2 percent premium rate increase for January 2011 renewals for health maintenance organizations.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Washington, D.C., recently approved a medical loss ratio reporting blank that contains broker commission costs into the administrative expense total - and brokers are reacting.

Fewer unemployed Americans than expected were aided by the federal subsidy that helps pay for COBRA health care coverage, partly because COBRA premiums were still unaffordable, cites a new article by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute.

A 10 percent cost increase is projected for many popular health plans in 2011, as a number of health care reform provisions go into effect for employer plans.

According to a new survey, many Americans do not understand how flexible spending accounts can save money on routine out-of-pocket health care costs.

For 2011, the IRS has issued a draft Form W-2 for employers to report wages and employee tax withholding and will defer the new requirement for employers to report the coverage cover under an employer-sponsored group health plan.