Majorities In Senate And Public Support Birth Control Coverage
The Senate has turned back an attempt to kill President Obama's new rules requiring most health insurance plans to provide contraceptives without additional cost.The 51-48 vote against an amendment to...
View ArticleSupreme Court's Medicaid Decision Could Reach Far Beyond Health Care
After Tuesday's judicial fireworks, the Supreme Court wraps up arguments on the new health care law Wednesday by focusing on two questions. The first involves what would happen if the "individual...
View ArticleWhen Religious Rules and Women's Health Collide
When you go to the hospital these days, chances are good that it will be affiliated with a religious organization.
View ArticleThink Tank Crunches Health Prices for the Masses
It turns out we may not know nearly as much about all the money spent on health care in the U.S.
View ArticleCatholic Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Birth Control Rule
So much for compromise.A total of 43 Catholic educational, charitable and other entities filed a dozen lawsuits in federal court around the nation Monday, charging that the Obama Administration's rule...
View ArticleBackers of Cost-Free Coverage for Birth Control Fault Legal Challenges
You know all those lawsuits now pending around the country charging that the Obama administration's rule requiring most health insurance plans to offer no-cost contraception is a violation of religious...
View ArticleInsurers Wait for Verdict on Health Care Law - and Profits
All eyes these days are trained on the U.S. Supreme Court, which is expected to rule sometime this month on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.But some people are waiting more anxiously...
View ArticleWhy Many Young Adults Might Lose Coverage if Health Law Falls
When it comes to health care, even the seemingly easy things become hard.Take coverage for young adults under the Affordable Care Act.It's one of the most successful — and popular — provisions of the...
View ArticleSo What Happens If the Farm Bill Expires? Not Much, Right Away
Congress is set to make a brief appearance in Washington this week, then recess until after Election Day.
View ArticleRomney's Medicaid Remarks on '60 Minutes' Raise Eyebrows
It's not so much what Mitt Romney said about whether the government should guarantee people health care in his interview on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday that has health care policy types buzzing.
View ArticleCould Romney Repeal The Health Law? It Wouldn't Be Easy
You can barely listen to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney make a speech or give an interview without hearing some variation of this vow:"On Day 1 of my administration, I'll direct the secretary of...
View Article'Morning After' Pill Advocates Want Age Rules Revisited
Friday marks a not-so-happy anniversary for some of President Obama's biggest supporters: It's exactly one year since Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius decided not to lift the age...
View ArticleMorning-After Pills Don't Cause Abortion, Studies Say
The most heated part of the fight between the Obama administration and religious groups over new rules that require most health plans to cover contraception actually has nothing to do with birth control.
View ArticleWhy a Slowdown in Health Spending is Starting to Look Real
So you know all that talk about how the boatload of money going to health care will bankrupt the nation if something isn't done soon?Well, it turns out that while politicians were bickering, the...
View ArticleJudge Reluctantly OKs Admin. Plan For Morning-After Pill
An obviously unhappy Judge Edward Korman has approved the Obama administration's proposal to make just one formulation of the morning-after birth control pill available over the counter without age...
View ArticleSupreme Court's Medicaid Decision Could Reach Far Beyond Health Care
After Tuesday's judicial fireworks, the Supreme Court wraps up arguments on the new health care law Wednesday by focusing on two questions. The first involves what would happen if the "individual...
View ArticleWhen Religious Rules And Women's Health Collide
When you go to the hospital these days, chances are good that it will be affiliated with a religious organization.
View ArticleHealth Think Tank Crunches Health Prices For The Masses
It turns out we may not know nearly as much about all the money spent on health care in the U.S.
View ArticleCatholic Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Birth Control Rule
So much for compromise.A total of 43 Catholic educational, charitable and other entities filed a dozen lawsuits in federal court around the nation Monday, charging that the Obama Administration's rule...
View ArticleBackers of Cost-Free Coverage for Birth Control Fault Legal Challenges
You know all those lawsuits now pending around the country charging that the Obama administration's rule requiring most health insurance plans to offer no-cost contraception is a violation of religious...
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