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President Barack Obama's Medicare nominee Tuesday got unexpected support from one of Congress' Republican stars. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told The Associated Press that Marilyn Tavenner is "eminently qualified" to run Medicare.

Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University.

The California Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) is growing rapidly, but the number of enrollees is still much lower than expected, and the average amount of claims per enrollee is much higher than expected.

Sometimes I wish Id had a nanny state growing up, maybe I wouldve had more than cereal for dinner during those first couple of years.

Seven out of 13 states that are collecting the latest round of federal money for establishing health insurance exchanges are also suing to overturn the massive health reform law.

Arizona is moving to restore some government-subsidized health care coverage for children of low-income families as part of a plan to provide several major hospitals with more Medicaid dollars to pay for serving people without insurance.