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Four in five African American women are overweight or obese, and they start adding extra pounds years before their white counterparts. Research suggests the problem may have a lot to do with when girls give up regular exercise.
Technical, political and financial obstacles loom as clock ticks toward 2014 deadline for operations.
States will be given wide latitude to decide what "essential benefits" insurers must offer in policies offered on new health exchanges come 2014, the Obama administration said Friday in a move that pushes off final federal rules on those benefits until sometime next year.
Advocates for the elderly and disabled have been able to thwart budget cuts in California by challenging them in federal court.
Patients with multiple chronic conditions benefit from a new clinic at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. But the hospital says it bears too much of the costs to keep discharged patients from returning.
Experts in pediatric obesity say that caution is warranted, but some physicians see the operations as offering a safe chance to take off significant weight and avoid harmful disease.
The former Medicare administrator says the U.S. health care system "isn't built for modern times," but the health care law will help rein in costs and improve care.
Crowded emergency rooms and a lack of primary care doctors have fueled recent expansions. But the drive to lower costs is also a factor and could bring more customers under the overhaul.
In today's Health on the Hill, Jackie Judd and KHN's Mary Agnes Carey discuss the prospects for an agreement this month on Medicare reimbursement rates, and what happens if nothing is done before the end of the year.
Until now, an insurance exchange in Minnesota, which will allow consumers to buy health insurance online and is part of the health overhaul, has been just an abstract idea. But now, prototypes for public review are now available online.
Although few employers have used this strategy, consultants say it could help many in 2014 meet new requirements in the health law.
Among the most costly mistakes is missing the deadline for enrollment.
Most major hospitals in California give data voluntarily to independent analysts who publish consumer-friendly reports. But the California Hospital Association says it is withdrawing from the project.
Dr. Donald Berwick's 15-month tenure at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was marked by ambitious efforts to improve the nation's health care system.
Predictions of the demise of Medicare's private insurance plans are premature, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
A loophole in the health law could allow employers to game the system by dumping their sicker employees onto health insurance exchanges.
Marilyn Ringstaff's clinic fills a void for low-income uninsured women in Rome, Georgia.
The push for better coordination of patient care, including the adoption of electronic medical records, should help improve the delivery of test results to patients from doctors and to doctors from those who perform the tests.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a mother about a provision in the health law about extending coverage to children under the age of 26.
As a child, Randol Brock had a high fever that caused brain damage. Now 52, there are two things Randol loves more than anything else: tractors and his sister-in-law Doris, who helps take care of him.
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