Policy and Legislation

Technically, we've emerged from the Great Recession, economists say. However, the reality is—as so many healthcare organizations know—that casualties from the economic downturn continue to pile up.

The Commonwealth Fund reports that employer-sponsored family health insurance plans increased by 41 percent from 2003 to 2009 - more than three times the rate of increase for personal income in that same time frame.

Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started a recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.

Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, feels that as healthcare reform moves forward, improvements in access may come at the expense of cost containment and quality.

Doctors face significant reimbursement cuts unless Congress take action.

If healthcare reform was the storm of 2010, then the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be the lightning rod.

With the relationship between President Barack Obama's administration and the health insurance industry turning sour as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made its way through Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius turned up the heat on insurers' rate hikes.

2010 was a tough year to be a state Medicaid director.

Fueled by dramatic gains in the Nov. 2 elections, the GOP vows to fight back

A Virginia federal district judge has ruled in favor of the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.