Health Care Hopes and Realities

By The Editors This week, President Obama took his case for a public health insurance plan to the voters, campaign-style. On Capitol Hill, the war over the ...

Revisions to Health Bill Are Unveiled by Democrats

By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — To warm words from President Obama, the Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee unveiled a revised plan Thursday to ...

Mexico wins praise for swine flu response

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been ...

Your health, your responsibility

AP Photo/Runner's World, Brian Adams As of late, President Obama and Congress have been tackling the tricky issue of health care reform. ...

Web site connects consumers to free health care

A Sacramento nonprofit has launched a Web site with a comprehensive listing of free or low-cost health care services for consumers. ...

Senator Grassley Asks Aetna About Limited Health Policy

By REED ABELSON Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican taking a lead role in the health care debate, sent a letter Thursday to the insurer Aetna ...

Advocates are back with real health care stories

Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health care debate. ...

Wal-Mart lends its support to employer health insurance mandate

Several years ago, Wal-Mart was the subject of a law in Maryland to force it to pay its “fair share” of health benefits for its part-time workers or face a ...