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Rising premiums and downbeat forecasts from some major insurers have cast a cloud over sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law. Now, it's crunch time again. Tuesday is the deadline for millions of still-uninsured procrastinators to sign up in time to have coverage begin Jan. 1. (12/14)

They're using a rock band and social media to attract young people, bilingual radio ads to draw Spanish speakers and needle exchange vans to reach out to drug addicts. Grass-roots groups and health workers around the state have deployed these tactics to persuade the persistently uninsured to sign up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act. The first deadline in this year's open enrollment period is Dec. 15 for people who want to get coverage by Jan. 1. (McDaniels, 12/13)

Everyone loves to talk about how Americans are spending too much on healthcare. And there’s a provision in Obamacare — often called the Cadillac Tax — that’s designed to at least help slow down this spending habit by taxing high-priced health insurance plans. But word from Washington is lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking at ways to delay the provision — which is slated to take effect in 2018. (Gorenstein, 12/11)