Your editorial, "The president's Chicagoland power play," (Our Opinion, March 5), stated that "fully half the country" does not support the health care reform bill. This statement is only partly true. ...more

March 14, 2010

The insurer Humana said Wednesday it will cut about 2,500 positions as it adjusts to dropping enrollment. ...more

February 18, 2010

It's time to scrap the current proposed health care reform legislations and start over. For the past few months we have heard the government-run option for health care described as a socialist plot, doomed to failure. Yet, when you turn 65, you find that exact type of program has magically turned into a well run, highly efficient system for delivering quality health care, called Medicare. Like many of you I'm in the Medicare system and, from what I hear, the vast majority of those of us over 65 are very happy with the health care we receive, I know I am. ...more

February 17, 2010

As the health-care debate continues to unfold, a little-known but important provision in the Democrats' reform package that would fill a huge gap in our nation's health insurance system is attracting renewed attention. ...more

December 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged today it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate. ...more

December 27, 2009

The state has spent about $2 million defending a class-action lawsuit that claims Florida is violating federal Medicaid requirements by providing inadequate medical and dental care to more than 1 million children. ...more

December 7, 2009

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened today to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend. ...more

November 22, 2009

Why not just leave the health care alone, but just help us by governing what we have? It's really not all that bad. 1. One significant change would be to drop the pre-existing conditions. That way more could get their private insurance. Responsible people want their own to start with. 2. Just keep our prices affordable. ...more

November 11, 2009

A main feature of the health bill the House passed Saturday is a requirement that everyone have medical insurance by 2013 or else pay a penalty. ...more

November 10, 2009

A former adoption agency director who overcharged adoptive parents must repay about $178,000 to her victims as part of a plea bargain accepted Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009