'High-risk' pool medical insurance program set to begin

The Obama administration and some state governments will begin accepting applications Thursday for new insurance programs designed to...

Anthem Blue Cross again seeks rate hikes for Californians

Embattled health insurer Anthem Blue Cross is reviving its plan to raise rates for tens of thousands of California policyholders, some of...

Federal healthcare overhaul to keep more young adults on parents' policies

One of the first provisions of the federal healthcare overhaul — allowing young adults to stay on their parents' health insurance...

Obama proposes interim health protections

The Obama administration issued a series of proposed regulations Tuesday that would provide interim protections for Americans until the...

Pressure rising on healthcare long before overhaul takes effect

Despite passage of the landmark healthcare overhaul this spring, the nation's existing health system is continuing to fray, raising the...

Pregnant women, new mothers get more protections under healthcare law

By the time women reach 44 years old, roughly 85% have given birth. Yet even though pregnancy and childbirth are so commonplace, health...

Caffie Greene dies at 91; activist was a leader in creation of King/Drew hospital

Caffie Greene, a longtime community activist who played a key role in the effort to bring a major hospital to South Los Angeles after the...

Former surgeon general addresses graduates at Drew medical school

Encouraged by new healthcare reform legislation, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David G. Satcher spoke to graduates Saturday at the Charles...

The Mississippi Delta's healthcare blues

This crumbling Delta town, set amid cotton fields, abandoned railroad tracks and cypress-studded bayous, is a hard place.

Congress pulls back state aid package, leaving a $2-billion hole in California budget

With the federal deficit a growing political liability, lawmakers in Congress are backing off plans to send more aid to financially strapped...

'Doughnut hole' Medicare drug rebates start going to seniors soon

Senior citizens who hit the so-called doughnut hole in Medicare's drug benefit will begin getting $250 rebate checks in two weeks, the Obama...

Healthcare reform raises the stakes in California insurance commissioner election

California's elected insurance commissioner — one of the most powerful jobs of its kind in the nation — is likely to get even...

How I Made It: J. Mario Molina and John Molina

The gig: J. Mario Molina and John Molina, who are brothers, run Molina Healthcare Inc., a health maintenance organization provider...

What the healthcare law means for small businesses

Nearly half of all Americans in the private sector work for a business with fewer than 50 employees. These firms have always struggled to...

Schwarzenegger's proposal on prison healthcare draws criticism

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal for the University of California and its medical schools to manage healthcare for the state's prison...