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In recent Capitol Hill testimony, Foster, the government's chief Medicare actuary, raised doubts about the health law's ability to hold down future health care costs. But there are reasons to question his assumptions.
Companies that administer or profit from flexible spending accounts are trying to change provisions in the new health law restricting the pre-tax funds used by millions of consumers.
After a federal court declared the new health law unconstitutional, it's still unclear how far the ruling reaches. The Obama administration says that it will continue to implement the law.
As state fiscal pressures mount, governors are asking Washington to allow them to reduce their Medicaid rolls, something that's barred under the health care law. Democrats generally prefer to give the states more federal money to help with Medicaid costs, but House Republicans are unlikely to support that, citing deficit concerns.
Patients seeking redress may find this option provides the same benefits as a court battle but quicker and with less emotional toll.
Jackie Judd talks with legal analyst Stuart Taylor about the legal blow today to the new health care reform law. Federal Judge Roger Vinson, in Florida, declared the entire law void.
Here's text of federal Judge Roger Vinson's decision declaring the individual mandate, and thus the whole health care law, unconstitutional.
In health care speech, Obama ignores new HHS study on insurance costs and cites 2009 industry report instead.
The AMA was the biggest spender for lobbying operations among health care groups last year as it faced a backlash from members angry that the new health law didn't reverse planned cuts in Medicare reimbursements.
The passage of the federal health law last March brought an overall decrease in lobbying on health care from the massive effort during the heated congressional debate in 2009. Overall, 10 key health care players spent about $127 million on lobbying last year, down nearly 9 percent from 2009.
During his State of the Union Address, President Obama pledged to work with Republicans to change some elements of the health care law, such repealing a provision that the president said placed "an unnecessary bookkeeping burden" on small businesses. But the president made it clear he would not accept any major changes to the law. In the GOP response, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said his party would work to repeal the law and replace it with more "fiscally responsible, patient-centered reforms."
In his State of the Union message, the president also said he's "not willing ... to go back to the days when insurance companies could deny someone coverage because of a pre-existing condition."
Rep. Paul Ryan delivered the official GOP response to the president's State of the Union address and Rep. Michele Bachmann separately added remarks geared to tea party concerns. Both called for repeal of the health law.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, a key cost-containment provision of the health law scheduled to be created this year, faces an uncertain future.
Poll finds high support for Medicare and Medicaid, complicating political strategies for election of 2012.
More than 60 House Republicans are sponsoring a bill to permit the sale of health insurance across state lines. Consumer advocacy groups argue such provisions would erode many state protections.
Nine health policy experts explain what they would like to hear from the president Tuesday.
It will take a serious and sustained effort to make co-ops a viable insurance option for consumers and small business owners.
A big topic on the minds of many in the public policy community is what the future holds for the nation's out-of-control entitlement spending in general and Medicare in specific.
A look at six provisions that House committees could try to ax as they begin working to revise the health overhaul.
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