Health Care Reform

In the five years since Massachusetts' landmark health care initiative was signed into law, it has served as a blueprint for national health care, a political football in last year's elections and a talking point in the 2012 presidential contest.

Last week the Senate approved a bill that would eliminate the controversial 1099 provision from the Affordable Care Act, and just three days later another important piece of the legislation went down with Friday night’s budget agreement. This time the “employee free choice” voucher program emerged in the cross-hairs.

The Affordable Care Act allows for multiple states to jointly operate health exchanges. Linda J. Blumberg, writing for for the Urban Institute, says there are four reasons why states should take this route.

States’ ambivalence toward health insurance exchanges have led to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to vote on its subcommittee recommendation to discontinue grants.

Bipartisan agreement on health care didn't last long in Colorado.

The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.