Health Care Reform

I know they say, You get what you pay for. And thats certainly true. But as this health care law is proving almost every week now, you get what you don't plan for, too.

President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal.

Republican lawmakers are heaping praise on a former nurse picked by President Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid, and also oversee his health care law.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday announced the availability of new funding to support navigators in the new health insurance exchanges as part of health reform.

Hawaii's insurance exchange is getting a federal grant worth nearly $130 million to set up a call center and customer assistance program.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she underestimated how long the politics of health reform would last and didnt anticipate how much confusion the slow rollout of the legislation would create.

U.S. adults whose primary health insurance source is Medicaid are in significantly worse health than those with employer-sponsored coverage and its mainly preventable.

The White House is warning friend and foe alike: They're not going to like every part of President Barack Obama's budget when it is released this week.