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Commentary: Every single play in football is designed to score, to get into that end zone, says blogger Vinnie Daboul. Here’s how insurance consultants can take a play right out of every football coaches’ book to win the game.

Just over 7 million people enrolled for insurance coverage under Obamacare after a last-minute surge at the deadline to sign up, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday.

Current regulations don’t require a retirement plan provider’s investment advice be in the best interest of plan participants, but most employers want that to change, an AARP study finds.

Commentary: Many sales people have quirky things they do to ensure they get the sale, be it a certain way they shake hands or a lucky they carry around. But blogger John Graham says it's time to put less energy in superstitions and more into positive sales actions.

Going uninsured is about to get very expensive. New estimates by NerdWallet show the minimum amount of lifetime penalties for someone who is uninsured is more than $36,000.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., which sells insurance on only a few Obamacare exchanges, stands to profit from the law nonetheless.

On the final day of open enrollment on the public exchanges, brokers are concerned that the public may think they have more time than they actually do, thanks to last week’s partial extension. EBA checked in with several storefront brokers to discuss concerns like this one as they enter the final 24 hours of enrollment.

The first yearly sign-up period for Obamacare closes today, with early returns suggesting the administration may reach a projection of 7 million enrollees made before the U.S. health exchange struggled at its startup.

President Barack Obama is “picking and choosing” how the 2010 health care law will be implemented and “doesn’t have the flexibility” legally to do so, U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers said.

Who should be concerned about health care data security?