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In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration's top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.

New premiums and copay proposals for Florida Medicaid beneficiaries, including $100 for every non-emergency ER visit, are among the highest in the country and a new study warns it could cause hundreds of thousands to drop out because they can't afford to pay them, according to a report released Wednesday...

An appeals court on Tuesday refused to block a major cost-cutting reduction of Arizona's Medicaid program, leaving intact an enrollment freeze projected to result in over 100,000 fewer sign-ups of low-income adults without children.

How to close North Carolina's projected $139 million Medicaid shortfall this year is once again breeding conflict between the governor's office and Legislature.

House Republicans intend to propose a gradual increase in Medicare premiums for wealthy seniors to help cover the cost of renewing Social Security payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed, officials said Wednesday.

Congress would gain major new power over government regulations under legislation set for approval by the Republican-run House.