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Federal officials made small errors in calculating how much hospitals will be docked for having too many patients return within 30 days. Many hospitals will lose a bit more money under revised calculations.
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.
Arkansas hopes a unique collaboration with the state's big insurers can help them and the state.
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.
More than 200 centers have opened since 2009, but experts raise concerns about cost and quality.
As employees review their health plan options for 2013, they can expect changes.
Both candidates portray themselves as protectors of the popular entitlement program and argue their rivals' plans would undermine it.
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.
Signing the form means that if a problem can't be amicably resolved, the patient or family agrees to take the dispute to a professional arbitrator rather than file a lawsuit.
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
In October, hospitals stand to gain or lose as much as 1 percent of reimbursements. But experts say most will break even.
State experiment gets scrutiny amid national debate over role of insurance regulation in rising coverage costs.
Here are some questions and answers about the Democratic and Republican approaches to moderating spending on the popular program, which covers 47 million seniors and disabled people.
Federal officials are urging Maryland and its powerful health industry to build on the state's unique hospital rate-setting system to develop sweeping cost controls that could be used as a model for other states.
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.
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