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Mississippi, a deeply red Southern state that is part of the Supreme Court case against the health law, is moving full speed ahead with one of the key provisions of that law: an online health insurance exchange.
Gov. Malloy has proposed letting supervised home health aides give medication to Medicaid patients.
Despite deep political division about the health overhaul, implementation marches on.
The expensive medications, designed for people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders, are being prescribed regularly for common problems such as anxiety and attention-deficit disorder and are being used on children and the elderly.
The long-awaited rules may disappoint consumer groups which had sought to reduce the clout of insurers on the governing boards.
The revolving door at the top of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services raises questions about the key agency implementing the health law.
An eBay merchant who sells funny barbecue aprons out of his living room is better equipped to send information electronically than many physicians. Farzad Mostashari is the guy trying to change that.
