The latest from Washington, D.C., impacting the insurance and financial services industries.
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told hospital system CEOs that hospital consolidation and mergers “are fueling the borderline extortionary prices hospitals charge patients.”
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a sweeping rule to strengthen oversight of the Affordable Care Act exchanges for plan year 2027 by lowering user fees, tightening eligibility verification and giving states greater authority over plan oversight.
The moratorium will not impact current enrollments, and existing providers can continue to deliver services to Medicare beneficiaries.
NAIFA supports DOL’s proposal to replace the current guidance “with guidance that is substantially similar to the guidance DOL adopted in 2021,” NAIFA President Christopher Gandy wrote in a letter to Andrew Rogers, administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division.
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told hospital system CEOs that hospital consolidation and mergers “are fueling the borderline extortionary prices hospitals charge patients.”
The agenda featured topics including developments in the vision care services marketplace, and the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting.
U.S. gross domestic product is expected to rebound from 2027 through 2029, with inflation expected to begin falling after 2026.
The Center for American Progress today revealed its proposal, “A Patient’s Bill of Rights to Lower Health Care Costs.”
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors praised the release of the final Medicare Advantage and Part D rule (CMS-4212-P), which incorporates several of NAIFA’s core recommendations aimed at improving access to professional guidance while reducing unnecessary administrative burdens on agents and brokers.
The National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the proposed
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, which sets policy for the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.
Americans who don’t have access to a 401(k) account through their employer could see that change under a proposal announced by President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
The National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals is in Washington this week to urge lawmakers to ensure affordable and high-quality health care for all Americans.
The proposal “is the most radical shift in ACA regulations since the original ACA regulations were drafted,” one expert said.
TrumpRx, a U.S. government–backed prescription drug discount platform, launched Thursday night. How does it work and who will benefit most from it?
Pharmacy benefit manager reform, along with other health care measures, was part of legislation signed by President Donald Trump this week, ending a partial government shutdown.
Members of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and Finseca will convene in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, for a Day on the Hill, bringing a unified industry voice directly to policymakers on issues that impact financial professionals and the American families they serve.
The outlook for health care in 2026 will be shaped by the events of 2025, with an environment of volatility and fissures in coverage that will ripple through all sectors of the health care system.
President Donald Trump called on Congress to lower health care costs as he released a proposal he dubbed “The Great American Health Care Plan.”
Jan. 6— With federal lawmakers unable to come to an agreement to extend COVID-era health insurance subsidies, thousands of Connecticut residents are expected to see higher costs beginning this month. More than 148,000 Connecticut residents are enrolled in qualified health plan coverage through Access Health CT— the state's health insurance market— for this…
The House passes a bill to give a three-year extension to Affordable Care Act marketplace enhanced subsidies.
President Donald Trump said he had made up his mind on who he would nominate to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but stopped short of disclosing his pick during a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times. When asked specifically about Kevin A. Hassett, his top economic adviser, Trump said, "I don't want to say," but described him as "certainly one of the…
