The health care insurance industry is meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel today for its National Policy Forum conference, and reform activists are busy taking to the streets of Washington as a result. A large group has gathered in Dupont Circle to hear from former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and other speakers. When that's over, they plan to march to the Ritz-Carlton, so watch out for traffic delays and high pedestrian volume in the area. more ›

The blog RH Reality Check posted an item yesterday alleging that Gennet Purcell, the District of Columbia's relatively new insurance commissioner, had surreptitiously conspired to make it possible for D.C. women to lose their birth control coverage. But the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking, the agency Purcell runs, has since emphatically denied the story. more ›