President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are using a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to try to force Republicans to negotiate bipartisan legislation to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year.

The final regulations for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program are similar to the draft version of the CO-OP regulations posted in July, according to Paul Keckley.

As Newt Gingrichs improbable rise to the top of the GOP field continues it might be a good time to look back at how far hes come when it comes to health care reform.

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, the standard mileage rates for business miles driven will be: