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During Congress’s August break in 2009, the Tea Party helped demonstrate public anger towards the president’s health care legislation, but what has been there impact so far this August?

Employers reported modest premium increases in 2013, according to an annual Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Education Trust study published today in the journal Health Affairs.

After an Aflac survey shows brokers are not confident in the future of the industry, blogger Mark Gaunya looks toward the future — the world after health care reform.

A primary reason for same-sex couples to amend their returns may be if an individual received employer-provided health coverage for a spouse.

The U.S. government needs to offset “misinformation” about the health care law being circulated in states led by Republican governors, according to the Obama administration official responsible for implementation.

Less than two months before health exchanges open to the public, hospitals are asking to change a part of the Affordable Care Act that leaves them at financial risk for patients who fall behind on their insurance premiums.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that navigator grants have been awarded in the federal and state partnership exchange states to the tune of $67 million.

According to a recent Visante study, from 2012 to 2021, PBMs will save plan sponsors and consumers almost $2 trillion, or about 35%, compared with drug expenditures made without pharmacy benefit management.

The willingness and ability to adapt to transformative change is as essential to the financial services industry as it is to smartphones.

With the recent employer mandate delay, some businesses might be overlooking the requirement to provide a notice to employees about health insurance coverage that may be available through a public exchange. Advisers should remind clients about this important requirement.