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Two professional associations representing health agents and brokers came out against the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s view of those who enroll consumers in coverage.

The insurance industry is facing even broader repercussions from the administration’s policies well beyond what tariffs could bring.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been tasked with leading the charge of making America healthy again? How might he do it?

The Trump administration needs revenue to offset planned trillion-dollar tax cuts. Could they look at retirement accounts?

The National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals will gather next week for its annual Capitol Conference, with a long list of issues its members will discuss with their representatives in Congress.

House Republicans proposed slashing Medicaid as a way to pay for federal budget cuts that would fund a GOP agenda that includes tax cuts, border security and energy production.

The U.S. economy is showing momentum in early 2025, despite lingering uncertainty in the wake of the November elections.

Health insurers and consumers both have a big stake in whether enhanced premium tax credits for coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace will continue.

Republican Rep. Troy Downing has made abolishing the Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office his priority as a freshman congressman.

The list, which includes 15 drugs, up from 10 last year, is the first step in a negotiation process between Medicare and drugmakers that is expected to take place over the coming months. The new negotiated prices won’t take effect until 2027. 

Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, says letting the 2017 tax expire would unleash a $4 trillion tax hike that could crush the U.S. economy.

More than $5 trillion in federal spending cuts – including cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act – are part of a “menu” that House Republicans are circulating to fund President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a broad challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s coverage of preventive services in its upcoming term. 

Private equity is putting profits over patients, a Senate Budget Committee report said as the panel looked into two private equity firms’ efforts to squeeze more money out of hospitals in underserved areas.

With the top U.S. cybersecurity official making her exit, the incoming administration’s next move anyone’s guess.

The U.S. economy “is in a sweet spot,” an economist said during a recent webinar.

Raising the retirement age is just another way of saying, “Cut Social Security,” said the executive director of a Social Security advocacy organization in the wake of a congressman’s recent suggestion that full retirement age should be pushed back.

Despite nominating a moderate to head the Department of Labor, President-elect Donald Trump isn’t likely to be passionate about keeping the latest fiduciary rule around, analysts say.