In a speech Wednesday, President Obama unveiled his deficit reduction framework, vowing to curb health spending with changes to Medicare and reforms to the Affordable Care Act, which he says would save an additional $340 billion by 2021.

Amid a budget debate that will affect the health care of virtually every family, a new poll finds support for President Barack Obama's overhaul at its lowest level since passage last year.

Criticism is mounting against a Nebraska bill that would change the state body that resolves labor impasses between public worker unions and employers.

A bill that would end the practice of requiring non-union members to pay a share of collective bargaining costs in New Hampshire won the support of a key Senate committee Tuesday.

California was a pioneer in prohibiting tobacco use in the workplace during the 1990s, but the ban left loopholes that a state lawmaker now wants to close.

A bill that would further reform medical malpractice suits in Florida has been approved by a House panel.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says the Legislature's proposed changes to state pensions don't go far enough and wants to move to a 401K retirement plan for state workers.

In the five years since Massachusetts' landmark health care initiative was signed into law, it has served as a blueprint for national health care, a political football in last year's elections and a talking point in the 2012 presidential contest.