health care bill

By the time Congress passed the national health-care overhaul, anxiety about it was so widespread that Defense Secretary Robert M.

Gates issued a statement reassuring America's military families. The legislation, Gates said, "will not negatively impact the TRICARE medical insurance program" for...

A requirement tucked into the nation's massive health care bill will force over 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants to include calorie counts on menus, menu boards and even drive-throughs.

CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she's confident the House will have the votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation, possibly as early as Friday....

Opponents of the health-care reform bill are not giving up the fight, and some think their last, best hope to halt the legislation lies not in the U.S.

Capitol but in the court across the street.

As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurance companies place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:...

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid's risky decision to bring to the chamber's floor a health-care bill containing a government insurance plan was met with skepticism by moderate Democrats, who said they still do not know whether they could support a public option on a final vote.

Amid ongoing debate over health-care reform, thousands gathered Wednesday night at events held across the nation, including at least four in the Washington area, to urge Congress and the Obama Administration to approve a bill soon.