The ruling was considered a win by gay-rights activists, but some same-sex couples could actually lose out.

Driven to reduce a huge backlog of disability claims, Social Security is pushing judges to award benefits to people who may not deserve them, several current and former judges told Congress on Thursday.

Oklahoma should use its existing Insure Oklahoma program as a framework to take advantage of increased federal Medicaid funding and expand health insurance coverage to as many as 274,000 low-income uninsured residents, a health consultant told state health officials on Thursday.

The health insurance industry is pushing legislation that would repeal the new tax on health insurance plans and it has some serious support.