Enrollment

Community groups are hustling to meet an Oct. 1 deadline to launch a new health insurance marketplace in Nebraska, a key piece of the federal health care law designed to steer users toward a coverage plan.

Before Dec. 15, an employer can enroll without meeting the 70 percent minimum.

A private competitor says its plan menu is better.

The new health insurance marketplace in Rhode Island, a centerpiece of the nationally mandated health care overhaul, passed a recent federal operations review "with flying colors" and is ready to open next month, the director said Thursday.

It's open enrollment time so maybe we should start discussing health benefits for a change.

The House passed a bill Thursday to ban new subsidies to help people buy health insurance until the Obama administration enacts a new verification system to ensure benefits go only to those who are eligible.