Tax on ‘Cadillac’ health plans called unfair

Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a “Cadillac” health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase

Breaking down the basics of the House, Senate health care bills

WASHINGTON — Maybe you’ve been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: If Congress makes hi

Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul

WASHINGTON — Maybe you’ve been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: If Congress makes hi

Health care bill excludes millions of undocumented immigrants

WASHINGTON, D.C. — No matter what health care bill emerges from Congress, roughly one in six uninsured Californians will be excluded because they ar

Study: Unneeded procedures inflate health care costs

You wouldn’t buy a second car when one would do. Nor an extra airplane ticket when you’re traveling solo. But if your son topples from his skat

Senate opens partisan health care debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that Presi

Casey amendment would extend health coverage for low-income children through 2019

Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, has introduced an amendment to protect and ensure health care coverage for low-income children. The amendment would help ensure

Mass. lawmakers may make colleges insure students

Lawmakers are weighing a bill to require every full and part-time college student in Massachusetts to have at least the basic level of health insuranc

Debate opens on health bill; Democrats divided

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate opened debate Monday on landmark health care legislation that would extend coverage to millions of uninsured and ban on

Round table about health care reform

They were also talking health care in South Bend, Tuesday. The AFL-CIO held a Health Care Round Table to highlight the need for health care reform.