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The federal government on Thursday finalized a plan to tighten scrutiny on big proposed health insurance premium hikes.

A new survey of college graduates from the last five years finds that the Great Recession has hit them hard, forcing them into low-paying jobs often unrelated to their educations and leaving half of them expecting less financial success than their parents.

A company that helps states administer Medicaid programs says it thinks Navigators may have only a temporary role in the new health insurance exchange system.

Hardly the start he'd hoped for, Newt Gingrich's first week as a presidential candidate has been riddled with missteps that have angered many of his fellow Republicans and exposed campaign vulnerabilities.

Photos of Limited Medical Panel Session: "It Ain't Over Yet"

A fight to keep state money from abortion providers and affiliates like Planned Parenthood has potentially terminated a key health care program serving hundreds of thousands of low-income women.

Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue and Republican legislative leaders confirmed Wednesday an agreement to fill a $515 million funding gap for the North Carolina state employee health insurance plan while keeping a free premium option for workers intact for at least another year.

The Obama administration said Wednesday that health care reforms should be upheld in the courts because the costs of the uninsured are a burden on interstate commerce.