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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade.

In a dispute over the scoring of contract applications, a central Ohio judge on Tuesday blocked the state from moving forward with tentative Medicaid contracts it awarded to five health plans.

The North Carolina General Assembly has completed its efforts to untangle the stalemate it once had with Gov. Beverly Perdue over unemployment benefits.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unconstitutional, it could prove costly to the state of Connecticut.

Nebraska officials insist they're ready to move forward with a state-based health insurance exchange if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds President Barack Obama'shealth care overhaul.

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's administration is considering partnering with the federal government to run a health insurance exchange because Michigan is running out of time to set up its own if the U.S. Supreme Court holds up one of the key provisions of the federal health care overhaul.