Exemptions allow medical bill-sharing groups to help members pay costs — without Affordable Care Act insurance.

Kevin Counihan, the head of Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, will be the new CEO of healthcare.gov, the website that 36 states use to sell Affordable Care Act insurance, the administration announced at noon today.

Officials, responding to recent Supreme Court actions, are seeking to overcome employers’ religious objections to the birth control coverage mandate.

Advocates applaud the move, but some states are concerned about the costs of providing such therapy.

The Affordable Care Act supports patient-centered medical homes in health centers

HHS and CMS announce new members of the management teamahead of 2015 Open Enrollment

But some critics complain that the rules don’t broaden the religious employer exemption.

The nation’s health law opens the door for transgender people to gain coverage for gender reassignment surgeries they previously could not afford.