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Weeks after publicly criticizing each other, Mississippi Medicaid director Bob Robinson and state Attorney General Jim Hood are again exchanging sharp words.

House Democrats acknowledged today they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.

An independent hearing judge today ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan only should raise its supplemental Medicare rates by 3.8%, not the 36.7% it had sought.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced on Friday a series of spending cuts and other steps to offset a continuing multimillion-dollar dive in state revenues.

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.

New Hampshire, pay attention. How your representatives vote could change our state forever.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 12:15 pm US/Mountain Senate Reform Proposal Tri-Committee Reform Plan 1 of 1 Members of the Health Access protest group stage a crime scene-like "body pile-up" as part of their campaign against what they say is the poor state of the U.S. health care system on Oct.

Democrats in the House of Representatives scrambled on Wednesday to iron out lingering concerns over abortion in a healthcare reform bill that was headed to a close and potentially historic weekend debate.

Kansas policymakers met Thursday to evaluate how short revenue collections have fallen and determine and how deep a new round of state budget cuts might have to go.

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

As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned to health care reform.

South Carolina, trying to curb abuse of narcotics and save money, is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all of their prescriptions.

State social workers struggling with mounting welfare, food stamp and Medicaid caseloads said Wednesday they fear for their lives after being assaulted or threatened by recipients frustrated with long lines and delays in aid.

JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington After months of criticizing Democratic proposals to revamp the healthcare system from the sidelines, Republicans are moving aggressively to present an alternative approach and undercut critics' portrayal of the GOP as the "Party of No." Defining a stark contrast with the Democrats' comprehensive effort to ...

The Democratic health care legislation comes studded with cautious plans to test proposals for reining in Medicare costs.

House Democrats cleared the way Wednesday for a pivotal floor vote on health care overhaul as early as the weekend, after tweaking their 1,900-page bill to crack down harder on insurance companies.

Last year pharmaceutical companies spent more than $4 billion urging patients like you to "ask your doctor" about their drugs.

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

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. TALLAHASSEE Florida's insurance consumer advocate said he is trying to find a lawmaker to help him ban a practice that sticks patients with big bills their health plans won't cover.

Most Nebraska agencies will feel some pain over the next year and a half if lawmakers adopt the widespread spending cuts Gov.