Diana Manos

A House investigation has found that some leading health insurance companies deny maternity coverage as a pre-existing condition in the individual health insurance market.

A new survey shows that 84 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are satisfied with their coverage and more than 80 percent say their Part D premiums and co-payments are affordable.

Financial uncertainties associated with healthcare reform are a major concern for large hospitals and the focus of a new white paper sponsored by Siemens Financial Services.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $727 million to 143 community health centers nationwide.

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules to fight waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

A study in the September issue of Health Affairs has pegged the cost of malpractice at approximately $55.6 billion a year, or 2.4 percent of annual healthcare spending.

President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, after months of bitter debate nationwide and on Capitol Hill.

A report on healthcare spending released in September by actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been used to support both sides of the bitter partisan debate over healthcare reform.

The percentage of the nation's population without health insurance increased from 15.4 percent in 2008 to 16.7 percent in 2009, according to data released in September by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Health insurance carriers have been on the minds of lawmakers, consumers and federal officials over the past month.