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That question was the focus of a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday, and it's an important issue in the context of the debate over ending the Medicare SGR. Mary Agnes Carey and CQ HealthBeat's John Reichard discuss.
The Affordable Care Act offers subsidies for low-income families who currently qualify for the federal-state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), forcing states to make a decision on CHIP's future.
Billing data show that some doctors charge the government much more than their peers in the same specialty by deeming almost all office visits "complex."
A congressional panel has held its first hearing on a controversial rule that governs the admission status of Medicare patients.
Company and government supervisors knew that employees at the tax-funded ACA processing center in Wentzville were being paid to do little or no work, former employees said.
KHN's consumer columnist looks into issues raised by readers about health law coverage.
Reviving bedside medicine is becoming a new priority at some medical schools after technology has hurt some doctors' abilities to use physical exams to make accurate diagnoses.
Texas lawmakers loosened some supervision requirements during the last legislative session, but nurse practitioners are still battling for increased autonomy in the state Medicaid program.
New data indicate that difficulties persist despite the health law's efforts to expand pediatric dental insurance.
Whether e-cigarettes are subject to the tobacco surcharge is a matter of debate.
California is among 25 states to open Medicaid to childless adults, including thousands of ex-offenders. Covering this group is expected to save money and perhaps reduce recidivism.
There are now three times more people with serious mental illness incarcerated in the United States than in hospitals, and the types of behavioral and mental health problems among inmates are becoming more severe.
The number of state workers needed to expand the federal-state health care program for poorer Americans is far higher than most states have needed -- typically in the dozens, not hundreds.
The allegations have spurred members of Missouri's congressional delegation to call for investigations of the taxpayer-funded center that processes paper applications for the new health care law.
AmeriMark Direct, based in Cleveland, is seeing a jump in insurance costs and is debating whether to drop coverage for its 700 workers.
A survey conducted in Seattle found that half the time, primary-care providers listed as accepting new patients on Medicaid managed-care organization websites, in fact were not accepting new patients.
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