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

President Barack Obama's health secretary is suggesting the White House is ready to accept nonprofit insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run public option in a health overhaul plan. ...more

August 16, 2009

I write as an immigrant of 12 years from Britain, who recently became a citizen. I love this country, but its health system in no way compares to the National Health system of Britain, which I always found to be excellent. America's health system is at the mercy of private insurers, who have no business dealing with people's health because they work solely for profit, not for a good health result. And the cost ...! ...more

July 20, 2009

The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...more

July 3, 2009

President Barack Obama stumbled with his plan to ask veterans to use their private insurance to pay for combat injuries and disabilities. ...more

March 22, 2009

I have to take exception to the quote from Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who said that if the government steps in to the health care system, "it will eventually push out the private health care plans millions of Americans enjoy today." ...more

March 12, 2009

Most low-income people who lose their jobs are also without health insurance, a report released Friday concludes. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time open the program to legal immigrant children and pregnant women. ...more

January 30, 2009

Thirty percent of Floridians enrolled in Medicaid reform said they didn't realize it, and more than half didn't know they could opt out, a new report says. ...more

October 14, 2008

Regarding "Both McCain And Obama Offer Health-Insurance Headaches" (Our Opinion, Sept. 29): ...more

October 4, 2008