Health Care Reform

Weve been talking about health care reform here for years. In fact, Im not sure I even remember a time when we didnt.

This is the first story in a two-part series that provides an overview of the major changes in health insurance facing Americans under the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Advocates for the poor are making their case that New Jersey should expand the ranks of people eligible for Medicaid in what could be the next big decision on how the federal health insurance overhaul plays out in New Jersey.

Big changes are coming in how a fourth of all Minnesotans get health insurance as the state rushes to build a new kind of marketplace that will help about 1.3 million people choose their best coverage options.

After two years of pressure to say how it was going to pay for its single-payer health care plan, Gov. Peter Shumlins administration on Thursday released a new accounting of what Vermont's universal health care system might cost, but left for later how it would be paid for.

Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama's health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a little-noted provision in the massive legislation.

With health reforms first health coverage enrollment period just nine months away, supporters of President Obamas Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are gearing up for a major push to get Americans to take advantage of the major component of the law.

As other states begin grappling with the intricacies of the federal health care overhaul, many are looking for lessons from the largely successful Massachusetts model as well as from its limitations and remaining challenges.