Health Care Reform

Republicans in control of North Carolina's General Assembly introduced legislation Wednesday that would block the expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul and leave it to the federal government to build the state's online marketplace for health insurance.

Weve been talking about health care reform here for years. In fact, Im not sure I even remember a time when we didnt.

This is the first story in a two-part series that provides an overview of the major changes in health insurance facing Americans under the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Advocates for the poor are making their case that New Jersey should expand the ranks of people eligible for Medicaid in what could be the next big decision on how the federal health insurance overhaul plays out in New Jersey.

Big changes are coming in how a fourth of all Minnesotans get health insurance as the state rushes to build a new kind of marketplace that will help about 1.3 million people choose their best coverage options.

After two years of pressure to say how it was going to pay for its single-payer health care plan, Gov. Peter Shumlins administration on Thursday released a new accounting of what Vermont's universal health care system might cost, but left for later how it would be paid for.