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For all of those people who are furious about President Obama's budget, here's an important question: Do you have a more fiscally responsible and politically viable alternative?
When 34 Senate Democrats joined all 47 Republicans last week to repeal ObamaCare's 1099 reporting requirement, their votes confirmed what their talking points still deny: ObamaCare will increase the deficit.
Health coaches are becoming more popular as chronic and often preventable diseases like Type 2 diabetes consume more and more health care dollars.
House Republicans are holding committee hearings this week on the health law's provisions governing Medicare, abortion and small business.
In 2011 many new provisions of the health law kick in, providing benefits for many and potential new costs for some others.
Mitt Romney, who is expected to be the Republican nominee for president, doesn't usually talk about health care in his campaign stump speeches. Tuesday, at Con-Air Industries in Orlando, Florida, he blasted the 2010 federal health law and outlined what he would do if elected president.
Even as congressional Republicans are seeking to undo the health law, some of its provisions continue to kick in. NPR answered consumer questions about the impact of law.
Michigan Medicaid Director Steve Fitton believes it will be a "struggle" for his state to be ready to implement the health law on schedule if the Supreme Court upholds the measure. But he's confident that Michigan can handle the expected new enrollees in Medicaid.
In his first appearance before a congressional committee since becoming administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Donald Berwick told the Senate Finance Committee that the health law would help make the delivery of medical care more efficient and reduce its cost. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks about the hearing.
In a pair of speeches on Saturday, President Obama fired up Democratic party faithful in Ohio and Virginia. He spoke about his plans for -- and record on -- Medicare, health insurance and birth control. And he vowed that the country "will not go back to the days when insurance companies had unchecked power to cancel your policy."
When a health insurer buys a business that helps hospitals win billing battles with insurers, alarm bells should sound, experts say.
Open season begins Nov. 15 and beneficiaries need to check their options to make sure they are signed up for the plan that best meets their needs.
The Obama administration has issued McDonald's (among others) a waiver on some regulations in the health law. But that hasn't stopped the McDonald's story from becoming propaganda in the campaign to discredit and, eventually, repeal health care reform.
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