When will the healthcare law lower drug costs?

Many seniors today find themselves unable to afford prescription drugs even if they have a drug benefit plan under Medicare. The...

Healthcare perks may be harder to come by

More firms will be imposing tougher requirements to get extras such as reduced-cost gym memberships, a new survey finds.

Spreading the health

The gig: President and chief executive of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a private nonprofit research and communications...

Healthcare law hits home in complex ways

The health insurance overhaul signed into law last month has been billed as the most sweeping reform in generations.

Unions criticize California bill aimed at improving the policing of healthcare workers

Labor unions representing California nurses are attacking key parts of a bill that would overhaul the state's system for investigating and...

Obama displays plenty of fundraising steam

With midterm elections looming, President Obama is raising campaign money at a ferocious pace, tapping into an energized corps of Democratic...

Murrieta hospital's Medicare funding to be cut in wake of inspection revealing 'clear threats' to patient safety

Days after state officials announced that Southwest Healthcare System in Murrieta had...

AIDS activists target agents of porn actresses

An advocacy group that has been demanding greater government protections for adult film performers plans to file a complaint Thursday with...

7 California hospitals fined over patient care

California public health officials have imposed the first $100,000 fine under a new escalating system of penalties for hospitals that put...

Insurance concerns may delay heart attack patients from seeking treatment

Patients without health insurance, and those who are insured but fear the cost of medical care, are more likely to delay seeking life-saving...

Thousands of Anthem Blue Cross customers await decision on rate hikes

Thousands of worried Californians who buy individual insurance policies from Anthem Blue Cross will soon learn whether they face rate...

Healthcare overhaul won't stop premium increases

Public outrage over double-digit rate hikes for health insurance may have helped push President Obama's healthcare overhaul across the...

Thousands of Anthem Blue Cross customers await decision on rate hikes

Thousands of worried Californians who buy individual insurance policies from Anthem Blue Cross will soon learn whether they face rate...

Back home, defending their healthcare votes

Reporting from Charlottesville, Va., Murrieta, Calif., and New York -- The congressional battle over healthcare may have ended, but not...

Are patients misserved by patents on human genes?

Inside every cell of your body are 23 tightly packed strands of DNA with an estimated 20,000 genes dictating everything from the color of...