Regulatory

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  PPACA's Medicaid expansion may be more popular than thought

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 24, 2013

  Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn’t winning any popularity contests in America’s most conservative states, many residents in the Deep South have a favorable opinion of the law’s Medicaid expansion.

• Grand jury to review $200M La. Medicaid contract

  By Melinda Deslatte  |  May 24, 2013

  A special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving a $200 million Medicaid contract awarded by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration.

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  Arizona investigating angry email sent lawmakers

  By Christina Silva  |  May 24, 2013

  Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety.

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  IRS replaces official who revealed targeting

  By Alan Fram, Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 24, 2013

  The IRS official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity was put on administrative leave.

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  California exchange to include 13 health plans

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 23, 2013

  As many as 5 million Californians will be able to shop for insurance from 13 health insurance plans in 2014.

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  Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

  By Kristen Wyatt  |  May 23, 2013

  In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

• Pentagon insists high tech health records won’t help backlog

  By Lolita C. Baldor, Pauline Jelinek  |  May 23, 2013

  The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability...

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  Tea party storm confined to IRS, for now

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 23, 2013

  Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.

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  18 states to drop PCIP programs

  By Ann Sanner  |  May 22, 2013

  Eighteen states have decided to turn their state Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan programs over to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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  IRS official Lerner swears she did nothing wrong

  By Alan Fram, Stepehen Ohlemacher  |  May 22, 2013

  The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.