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Federal requirements that are part of the new health law will make insurance appeals easier and more uniform.

A new analysis says that Social Security and Medicare will be bolstered by the new health law because lower insurance costs for employers will mean higher pay for workers. And that will mean higher tax receipts. Skeptics disagree.

Doctors are leaving private practices in large numbers and going to work for hospitals. Last year, hospitals hired half of the new doctors just out of medical school. Hospital administrators say having more doctors improves care.

Even though Dr. Donald Berwick took the reins of Medicare and Medicaid without a confirmation hearing, one senator hasn't stopped asking questions.

In an unusual August session, House Democrats pushed through an aid package that will boost state Medicaid budgets. But, the lawmakers whiffed on extending a popular insurance subsidy for the unemployed.

How would Donald Berwick have handled questions in a confirmation hearing for his post as head of Medicare and Medicaid? Some Republicans pull answers from the historical record.

Women's health advocates say birth control prescriptions should be included in the free preventive care new health plans must offer.

Charge lower rates for health insurance and more people will buy it. Seems obvious, but the number of people with pre-existing conditions to buy federally subsidized insurance varies a lot by state. The reason has a lot to do with the prices.

An Institute of Medicine report says nurses should take on a larger role in providing health care and calls for removal of government restrictions, which doctors have repeatedly opposed.

Provisions of the federal health law boost research by the National Institutes of Health on breast cancer in young women and fund awareness campaigns for breast health. The overhaul provides $9 million a year through 2014.