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John Doak, the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, was among the witnesses testifying at a hearing on efforts to eliminate insurance fraud by consumers, insurers, and scammers. Subcommittee…

Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health, presented the results of his organization’s annual survey of employers about health care benefit costs and…

Stephen Ellis talked about the effort to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program before the end of September 2017. The program, which is $25 billion in debt, was created by Congress in 1968 and is administered…

James Gelfand talked about how the Republican health care reform legislation might affect employer-based health insurance plans.

The Alliance for Health Reform’s health insurance policy forum resumed for two additional panels. The first featured policy experts who talked about the challenges facing Medicaid and how…

The Alliance for Health Reform hosted a health insurance policy forum to consider the state of the industry and the future of health care in the U.S. This portion features a conversation…

Witnesses testified at a hearing reviewing federal laws guaranteeing parity of coverage for physical and mental health. Witnesses included behavioral health experts who discussed mental health care…

Louise Radnofsky talks about the future of the health care insurance exchanges following the recent decisions by Aetna and UnitedHealth to pull out of them. Topics included expected rises in premiums…

The National Business Group on Health released results of its survey on large employers and health insurance costs at a news conference. The group represents large employers and their…

Peter Marks talked about the book Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America, in which former American International Group (AIG) Chief Executive Officer Bob Benmosche explains how he…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s top flood insurance official was joined by small business owners, mostly from the residential construction and real estate industries, at a hearing…

Ron Pollack talked about UnitedHealth’s decision to pull out of most Affordable Care Act health care exchanges by 2017, Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, and the state of health insurance…

Sabrina Corlette talked about how pending health insurance provider mergers could affect consumers and what approvals are needed for the mergers to move forward.

Senator Tom Cotton talked about disability insurance benefits and changes that might improve the program. Following his remarks, panelists discussed recommendations for lawmakers.

Witnesses testified at a hearing on health care consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) established under the Affordable Care Act. The intended goal of the co-ops was to spur…

Jennifer Cheeseman Day and Jim Tankersley talked about the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the U.S., as well as the policy implications of this data.…

Officials from health insurance groups and advocacy groups testified on proposed mergers within the industry, and the impact of those mergers on consumers. Aetna was attempting to acquire…

Panelists talked about cybersecurity threats, possible readiness measures, and the role that insurance might play in the prevention and mitigation of such threats. “Cybersecurity Risk, Readiness…

Representatives from the National Business Group on Health presented the results of the group’s annual plan design survey of large employers. They talked about employers' estimated 2016 medical trends,…

Elisabeth Burak talked about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides money to states for health care for children in low-income families. The program is set to run out of funding by the end of the year…