Healthcare Reform
Insurers stuck with cost of Obama birth-control plan
- President Barack Obama's compromise on free birth control coverage left health insurers stuck with the bill, sparking worries over the precedent set by the new policy. | Video
UPDATE 2-Insurers stuck with cost of Obama birth-control plan
Feb 10 - President Barack Obama's compromise on free birth control coverage left health insurers stuck with the bill, sparking worries over the precedent set by the new policy.
Health insurers question Obama birth control plan
- Health insurers said on Friday they feared President Barack Obama had set a new precedent by making them responsible for providing free birth control to employees of religious groups as he sought to defuse an election-year landmine. | Video
UPDATE 1-Health insurers question Obama birth control plan
Feb 10 - U.S. health insurers said on Friday they feared President Barack Obama had set a new precedent by making them responsible for providing free birth control to employees of religious groups as he sought to defuse an election-year landmine.
Opponents: Congress went too far in Obama healthcare law
WASHINGTON - Congress went beyond its powers by requiring Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul, opponents told the Supreme Court on Monday in arguing the law's centerpiece provision should be struck down.
Opponents: Congress went too far in Obama healthcare law
* Ruling expected by end of June, ahead of Nov. 6 election
Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul can survive if the court declares unconstitutional the law's centerpiece provision requiring health coverage.
In retiree-heavy Florida, health reform not a popular topic
PALM HARBOR, Florida - There's one small-government idea that Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to discuss in this retiree-heavy state: their plans to rein in health care costs for the elderly.
Do you need medical evacuation insurance?
- When Brad Catania went to Cancun in April 2010 with co-workers for a long-weekend retreat, the 35-year-old recruiter from Eagleville, Pennsylvania, expected a week of sun and surf interspersed with business.
Recession-hit U.S. health spending barely rose in 2010
WASHINGTON - U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment and the loss of private health insurance forced many Americans to delay or forego medical treatment, government officials said on Monday.
Facts and Background
- Details of final healthcare bill
- Bill would provide immediate benefits
- Healthcare overhaul has few final steps
- States and healthcare reform
- Healthcare winners and losers
- Milestones in Obama's quest for healthcare reform
- The impact on Medicare
- Glossary of terms in U.S. healthcare debate
- Health expenditures around the world
- Projected effects of passage of proposed healthcare reform provisions
- Graphic: Trends in healthcare costs
Top systems take centralized approach
An electronic system called an e-ICU lets critical-care physicians monitor patients from a central command center. Data shows it's saving lives. Full Article
HIV case exposes insurer policy
When Jerome Mitchell successfully sued his insurance company after it revoked his policy, he exposed a wrongdoing that could have repercussions for the entire health insurance industry. Full Article
Useful Links
- Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (pdf)
- Congressional Budget Office estimate
- House Ways and Means Committee
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Senate Finance Committee
- Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
- Top 10 facts to know about healthcare reform
- How the House voted on the Senate healthcare bill
- Consumer's guide to health overhaul
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