States that expand their Medicaid programs under President Barack Obama's health care law may end up saving thousands of lives, a medical journal report released Wednesday indicates.

User fees provide the simplest, most efficient solution to the problem of inadequate advisor oversight, the California Democrat says.

Commodities prices are famously unpredictable, but many on Wall Street are nevertheless predicting these investments can only continue to lag as a result of the global economic slowdown.

Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.