Articles by Alex Wayne and Mike Dorning

Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds

The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program after a report showed about 70 percent of the initial customers are 35 years of age or older. The effort …

White House Willing to Consider Fix to Stop Health Policy Cancellations

The Obama administration today indicated it was willing to consider Democratic legislation to halt some of the hundreds of thousands of health insurance policy cancellations that have raised alarm among voters and lawmakers. A proposal by Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu …

Obama Administration Under Fire for Individual Health Policy Cancellations

President Barack Obama’s advisers deliberately crafted his signature healthcare law to fulfill his oft-repeated promise: those who like their insurance can keep it. Even with that provision, Obama administration officials knew by June 2010 that as many as 10 million …

Obamacare’s Small Business Health Markets Delayed a Month

Small businesses won’t be able to enroll in new online health insurance marketplaces until Nov. 1 in most U.S. states, the latest delay for the Obama administration’s signature health-care law. Small businesses won’t be able to sign up their employees …

Obamacare Bets on Election-Like Data Wizardry, Young Adults to Beat Partisan Opposition

The success of President Barack Obama’s health care plan depends on signing up millions of uninsured Americans, and Matt Saniie knows how to find them. Fresh out of the Obama re-election campaign “Data Cave,” the 31-year-old math whiz has gone …

Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delayed Until 2015

The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance. The government will postpone enforcement of the so-called employer …