Stronger actions are needed immediately to thwart insurance brokers who fraudulently enroll or switch people in Obamacare coverage, wrote Senate Committee Chair Ron Wyden to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.

More than 21 million enrolled in Obamacare plans this year, however, federal regulators are contending with rogue brokers who have signed people up for ACA plans, or switched them into new ones, without their permission.

A lawsuit filed Friday outlines a moneymaking scheme by which large insurance sales agency call centers bought names of people who responded to misleading ads touting free government "subsidies."

After it was discovered that some agents were switching consumers' ACA plans without their permission to garner the commissions, the CMS now mask the first 6 digits of the Social Security numbers on the ACA site.

The HHS rule, which mandates that health insurers not count copay assistance toward out-of-pocket costs, was struck down last fall, however, it is backfiring on patients with chronic diseases that need expensive drugs.

Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection, while Trump is promising to repeal Obamacare, but where do the candidates stand on Americans' everyday health concerns?

A federal mask mandate is unlikely, but health officials and hospitals in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York have again told staff and patients to don masks. And if you feel ill, stay home, recommends a health official.

The Biden administration wants to boost oversight of the number of doctors, hospitals, and other health providers insurers cover in ACA plans, under a proposed new rule, which also makes it easier for plans to include dental care.