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Insurers are spending big dollars on marketing, technology and risk analysis of the new health care landscape. But with exchanges supposed to go live in late 2013, where and how companies will plunge - and how deep - is far from clear.
Medicare and how to rein in its rapidly growning costs was a major focus of Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver between President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney.
The bulk of Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver focused on the topic of health care. In this segment, President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney discuss the 2010 health law.
Makers of brand-name prescription drugs often offer discounts to help defray patients' co-pay costs, but insurers say that drives up their overall health spending.
The health law may create new challenges for maintaining dependents' medical confidentiality.
Arkansas hopes a unique collaboration with the state's big insurers can help them and the state.
At least 16 states have decided on a minimum set of benefits for individual and group health plans starting in 2014, and many more states are close to decisions.
This metaphor may be useful in decoding the gradations and complexities of insurance coverage and access to care.
Just the word "exchange" sounds to many like off-putting government-speak, so California, like many other states, is eager to come up with a more appealing name for these new marketplaces.
As employees review their health plan options for 2013, they can expect changes.
Much of the time, even if the child is financially independent and has a job with insurance, the young adult can stay on the family plan.
Colorado is moving forward with broad consensus among the state's decision makers on the minimum level of health coverage people will be required to carry beginning in 2014.
Analysts attribute slowed growth to people using less health care as a result of higher deductibles, continuing weak economy.
As part of his 50-minute defense of the Obama administration's record, the former president praised Obama's health policies, asking, "Are we better off because President Obama fought for health care reform? You bet we are."
The head of the largest business group in Minnesota has a message for both Democrats and Republicans as the state attempts to plan a health insurance exchange: We need answers, fast.
Several speakers cited the 2010 health law as a signature achievement of the Obama administration Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. This video sample includes Stacey Lihn, the mother of a child with congenital heart disease, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, San Antonio Mayor Juli
State experiment gets scrutiny amid national debate over role of insurance regulation in rising coverage costs.
Under new model, "the last place I'll want you to be is in the hospital," says CEO.
Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about what you can do when insurance only covers a portion of an ambulance bill.
Current testing provides only limited information and is generally discouraged by experts. In addition, health insurance generally doesn't cover it.
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