Law & Politics

By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News The troubled federal health insurance exchange will be fixed by the end of November — two weeks before the ...

By Brad Broker “I’m sorry.” Those are very powerful words, particularly when used by a doctor.  They can provide the slightest bit of comfort to ...

By Neil W. Hoffman and H. Carol Saul The federal physician self-referral statute, known as the Stark law,[1] prohibits a physician from referring to an ...

By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News They’ve got a few weeks. But if federal officials can’t get the new online insurance marketplace running smoothly by mid-November, ...

By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Dr. Douglas Aspros says the federal health law is increasing his costs to buy medical equipment, which he has ...

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Just days before new online health insurance markets are set to open, the Obama administration Wednesday released a ...

By Mary Agnes Carey As we get closer to 2014, consumers are being surrounded by news coverage, ads and opinions about the health law. And many ...

By Brad Broker If you’re on a plane, chances are good that one of the other passengers is a doctor.  In almost half of all ...

By Jordan Rau Doctor-owned hospitals are earning many of the largest bonuses from the federal health law’s new quality programs, even as the law halts ...

By Mary Agnes Carey Add Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to the list of lawmakers who wants to cut funding for the 2010 health care law as ...