Senate Finance Committee

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  Health cost witness: Transparency could backfire

  By Allison Bell  |  June 18, 2013

  Paul Ginsburg said public price databases may spur some providers to raise their fees.

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  IRS scandals threaten funding for PPACA

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  June 17, 2013

  If the agency does get the requested bump in budget, the big question is this: How will they spend it?

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  A respite for Medicare; Social Security no worse

  By Alan Fram  |  June 3, 2013

  Social Security and Medicare are still wobbling toward insolvency within two decades if Washington can't find a way to shore up the trust funds.

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  Obama fires IRS commissioner

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 16, 2013

  President Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the IRS late Wednesday amid an outcry over the improper targeting of tea party groups.

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  Marilyn Tavenner wins confirmation for CMS post

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 16, 2013

  Members of the Senate endorsed her performance with a 91-7 vote.

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  New Hampshire faces Medicaid provider shortage

  By Norma Love  |  May 8, 2013

  The state is letting network managers offer providers higher pay rates.

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  AALU to Congress: Life insurance is not a tax expenditure

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 30, 2013

  In preparation for the debate on tax reform, the industry is now marshaling arguments to defend the tax-favored treatment of its products.

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  GOP pillories PPACA exchange implementation

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  April 24, 2013

  What Congressman doesn't use a "Twilight Zone" reference now and then to describe health care reform over the years?

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  CMS nominee Tavenner wows Senate Finance

  By Allison Bell  |  April 23, 2013

  Panel agrees unanimously to make the agency's acting chief its official chief.

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  Online transaction tax rife with unintended consequences

  By Melanie Waddell  |  April 23, 2013

  Lawmakers and industry officials say an online financial transaction tax bill would hurt retirement savers, small businesses and investors.