Private Health Care

NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 1.27 million Michigan residents are uninsured, about 13 percent of the population. WHERE THE STATE STANDS: The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has been working to set up a health insurance exchange, but has had limited...

MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — Indiana's insurance commissioner says the state won't select an Essential Health Benefits plan until after a new governor takes office. Commissioner Stephen Robertson told federal officials in a letter this week that federal...

My dear brother and sister seniors, Someone has to say it: You and I will have to sacrifice, like everyone else, to help pull America back from financial disaster. Just like the sacrifices demanded of public employees and government beneficiaries. Just...

The op-ed by Drs. Joshua M. Sharfstein and Laura Herrera and Charles Milligan ("Caring about costs, too," Sept. 27) offers a compelling set of recommendations to improve the quality of health care while reducing costs. Unfortunately, they neglected to...

Sixteen years ago, right before her 42nd birthday, Jane Baker Segelken was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor was small, and she was told that if the cancer didn't return within five years after treatment, her chances for long-term survival were...

With the exciting news that Maryland has received a new federal grant of $123 million to support the establishment of its health benefit exchange — a critical component of President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act —...

Friday was a big day for private-sector health care specialty services in Hagerstown and Washington County. Dozens of people, including employees, doctors, guests and elected officials, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of...

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data today that showed more people now have health insurance. The data looked at coverage from 2011. Here are highlights taken from a census bureau press release. - The number of people with health insurance...

A Volusia County chiropractor accused of prescribing painkillers and muscle relaxers to patients using another doctor's name pleaded guilty to federal charges in Orlando on Tuesday. Joseph Wagner, who is prohibited from prescribing controlled...

Maryland secured $123 million of federal funding to launch its health insurance exchange, the cornerstone of President Barack Obama's health care reform, state officials announced Thursday. The money will help build the marketplace, now formally called...

Connecticut's health insurance exchange has a new CEO who worked as a Cigna Corp. vice president, headed a private health insurance exchange in California and helped implement health care reform in Massachusetts. Kevin J. Counihan, 57, was chosen by Gov....

James Burdick sanctimoniously dismisses the legitimate concerns of opponents of the Affordable Care Act and universal care as "dogmatic bluster" ("Universal care on the horizon," July 13). He then goes on to sugarcoat the rationing of health care, stating...