Union abandons California ballot measures in deal with hospitals

SACRAMENTO — A labor union that pushed a pair of ballot measures that would have reined in excessive hospital billing and expanded...

E. Richard 'Rick' Brown dies at 70; pioneer in study of public health

E. Richard "Rick" Brown, the founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research who pioneered the collection and wide...

Health insurers to give $1.3 billion in rebates, study finds

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers and employers will receive about $1.3 billion in rebates from insurance companies this year, according...

Molina Healthcare fights to keep growing

Healthcare companies are tripping over themselves to profit from a flood of government contracts for treating the poor and disabled, and a...

Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders

April Dunlap was 17 and weighed 165 pounds when she began a diet and exercise regimen. After three months, the 5-foot-5 teen had lost the 20...

Healthcare pricing still a struggle for consumers

Californians are still struggling to get straight answers about the cost of common medical procedures despite state efforts aimed at lifting...

Healthcare reform is about lives, not just politics

Dale Berman doesn't just have a rooting interest in the Supreme Court upholding the healthcare reform law. You could say his life depends on...

Officials ponder how to ensure healthcare reform in California

As doubts grow about the survival of the federal healthcare law, state officials are considering ways to keep key elements of the...

Romney, Santorum try to appeal to Wisconsin conservatives

PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each sought to shore up their standing with religious conservatives Saturday as the two...

Is healthcare a privilege or a right?

One of the most striking take-aways from this week's U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the healthcare reform law was the steadfast insistence...

Romney visits California as candidates slam Obama on healthcare

SAN DIEGO — Republican presidential candidates renewed their criticism of President Obama's healthcare program Monday in a double-...

In healthcare case, Supreme Court weighs entwined provisions

Like most Americans, Lauren Woodard has mixed feelings about President Obama's healthcare law. She's glad the law guarantees that she'll...

Obama healthcare law not yet resonating with public

As President Obama and his allies gear up to defend the landmark healthcare law he signed two years ago, they confront an unforgiving math...

Supreme Court to weigh key constitutional issues with healthcare law

When the Supreme Court hears arguments on President Obama's healthcare law, what will be at stake is not just whether Americans can be...

Skeptical Kennedy signals trouble for Obama's healthcare law

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices sharply attacked the insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama’s...