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More than 12 million Americans rely on home health care each year, according to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.

Editor's Note: Stephen Levy is director and senior economist of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy in Palo Alto.

The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration's efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.

The health care overhaul bill expected to come up for a vote in the House today would have wide-ranging effects on consumers.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced final changes to policies and payment rates for services to be furnished during calendar year by over 1 million physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule .

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Seniors / Aging Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP House Republicans unveiled their health reform proposal Tuesday night.

Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government's health insurance programs for the elderly and poor, play a big role in the health care reform proposals being considered on Capitol Hill.

Gov. Mike Beebe says that a proposal in the House to overhaul the nation's health care system could add $205 million to the state's budget by 2015.

One of every three people who died in 2007 in the United States were in the hospital for treatment at the time of their deaths, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announces a 2.0 percent market basket update to Medicare's calendar year 2010 home health prospective payment system rates and modifications to the home health outlier policy.

Uninsured children in the United States are three times more likely to die from trauma injuries than children with private insurance, according to a new study.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 10:00 PST The Academy has released a summary of key provisions of interest to managed care pharmacists in H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care Act for America." These include provisions on Medicare Part D drug price negotiations, the Medicare Part D coverage gap, PBM ...

Over the past few months I've visited with thousands of Oklahomans who are concerned about how the health care reform bills moving through Congress will affect their lives and their families' lives.

The state health agency is projecting a $308 million shortfall in Medicaid funding, the government health insurance program for the poor, state Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine said Monday.

U.S. Hospital Deaths Cost $20 Billion in 2007: Report Cereal's 'Immunity' Claim Outrages Experts Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : U.S. Hospital Deaths Cost $20 Billion in 2007: Report Hospitalized patients accounted for one of every three deaths in the United States in 2007, and ...

NEW YORK_Managed care provider WellCare Health Plans Inc. said Wednesday it turned a profit in the third quarter due to lower medical and general expenses.

House Democratic leaders have presented a new health overhaul bill that melds legislation passed by three committees over the summer.

A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Which former presidents have attempted comprehensive health care reform and why hasn't anyone succeeded? THE POLITICS: Many have tried.

South Carolina is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all prescriptions.

President Obama's top health chief is coming to Chicago to get more uninsured children enrolled in government health insurance programs.