Alaska

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  PPACA may penalize some Native Americans

  By Garance Burke  |  May 16, 2013

  Indians who get IHS care can ignore the individual mandate, but the exemption is narrow.

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  Baucus, leading supporter of health reforms, to retire

  By Donna Cassata  |  April 23, 2013

  Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful Senate Finance chairman who steered PPACA into law, has decided to retire.

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  Feds post exchange navigator grant applications

  By Allison Bell  |  April 10, 2013

  Like signing people up for insurance but prefer grants to commissions? CMS has a deal for you.

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  Genworth: LTC costs keep rising

  By Allison Bell  |  April 9, 2013

  Rate growth slows at nursing homes but accelerates at assisted living facilities.

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  NIMA offering associate membership to states at no cost

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 9, 2013

  Some states have expressed interest, but will it catch on? Time will tell.

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  10 top dividend-paying stocks

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  April 5, 2013

  What are corporations doing with all that cash they've accumulated? Two words: massive dividends.

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  Obama to return 5% of salary to Treasury

  By Josh Lederman  |  April 4, 2013

  President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts.

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  Senate first at bat in 113th with MLR bill introduction

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 22, 2013

  The legislation would exempt agent compensation from the MLR formula in the individual and small group markets.

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  Insurers warn of PPACA-induced sticker shock

  By Tom Murphy  |  March 13, 2013

  Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people.

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  Federal exchanges attracting 3 to 9 dental carriers each

  By Allison Bell  |  February 27, 2013

  Florida, Georgia and Virginia may get the most players, and Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware and Iowa the least.