Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.

The suit accuses JPMorgan-owned Bear Stearns of engaging in massive fraud in deals involving billions in residential mortage-backed securities.

Federal authorities charged 107 doctors, nurses and social workers in seven cities with Medicare fraud Wednesday in a nationwide crackdown on unrelated scams that allegedly billed the taxpayer-funded program of $452 million the highest dollar amount in a single Medicare bust in U.S. history.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's liberal justices are making clear they will vote to uphold the massive expansion of the Medicaid program for…

Several Supreme Court justices seemed receptive Wednesday to the idea that portions of President Barack Obama's health care law can survive even if the court declares the centerpiece unconstitutional.

The Obama administration has decided not to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta for further review of a ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.