Health Care Reform

A review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that about 1,700 people who died in 2014 received at least some subsidy help in 2015 because HealthCare.gov helped those people re-enroll automatically.

Nationwide, 29 percent of registered voters ranked health care as the most important issue for electoral discussion though it was far more important for Democrats than Republicans.

The administration has contacted insurance vendors that participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, informing them that they will be expected to address several hot health care topics in the plans they offer for next year.

Advocacy groups filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations efforts to overhaul Medicaid by allowing states to require some beneficiaries to work or pursue jobs.

A Kaiser Health News analysis shows that hundreds of people have glided through the revolving door that connects the drug industry to Capitol Hill and to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alex Azar to head the Department of Health and Human Services, setting a permanent replacement for Tom Price four months after he was ousted amid a scandal over his travel.