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Jackie Judd and KHN's Mary Agnes Carey discuss the health law provision mandating contraception coverage at no cost to consumers, as the focus of the dispute broadens from Congress to the courts.
The 2010 health law's big-ticket items have been the stuff of political debate and policy controversy. But the law's hundreds of pages include a number of other initiatives that have gained much less notice.
The Obama administration doesn't want states to skip Medicaid expansions, but it could save money.
In letter to governors, HHS Secretary Sebelius urges states to "take advantage of unusually generous" Medicaid expansion deal.
Jackie Judd talks to KHN's Mary Agnes Carey about Tuesday's House Ways and Means Committee session on the individual mandate and congressional taxing authority. They also preview Wednesday's House vote to repeal the health law.
A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll done immediately after Thursday's ruling shows the public remains split on the law along party lines.
The Supreme Court ruling shifts the focus to states. But between 20 and 40 may be unable to set up new online insurance markets by fall 2013.
The decision to let states opt out of the Medicaid expansion means hospitals serving the poor could still be stuck with unpaid care.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Obama react to Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the health law with speeches.
The Supreme Court said the federal health law cannot force states to participate in the planned expansion of Medicaid. But since the federal government was paying the bulk of the bill, will states really forego the option?
The Supreme Court Thursday gave states the option to skip the Medicaid expansion, but the pressure of accepting millions in new federal dollars to pay for coverage for low-income people may be too great.
The ruling on Medicaid creates a new arena for political battles in the 26 states that sued to overturn the law. Within hours of the decision, Republican officials in several states said they were likely to oppose expanding the program.
Four conservative justices write that the majority "regards its strained statutory interpretation as judicial modesty. It is not."
The chief justice also says that the court "does not express any opinion on the wisdom of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Constitution, that judgment is re-served to the people."
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey, Stuart Taylor and Julie Appleby are joined by SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein and Lyle Denniston to break down Thursday's landmark Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the health law.
President Obama said the Supreme Court's landmark decision Thursday to uphold the health care reform law was a victory for all Americans who will now be more secure because of it.
On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department released new proposed rules to protect patients from abusive debt collection practices at nonprofit hospitals.
In Georgia, health insurers licensed in the state can soon sell policies there that they sell in other states, but so far, no company has taken the state up on its offer.
KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about "grandfathered" health plans, which don't need to comply with new rules about benefits for preventive care -- but only in the near term.
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