Diana Manos

President Obama met Tuesday at the White House with 24 Senate Democrats to work on health reform. The meeting comes as Congress is currently working on drafting comprehensive reform legislation.

Progressive groups are poised to spend more than $82 million to support President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan, according to leaders gathered Monday at the "America’s Future Now" conference in Washington.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has outlined the next steps in the implementation of the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, including a general timeline for opening the bid window later this year.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday released $81.7 million in non-stimulus package funding to help expand community health center services.

Without action by Congress, the United States could expect to have 7 million more uninsured by 2010, bringing the total somewhere near 52 million, according to a new study published Thursday in Health Affairs.

Private health insurance plans serving Medicare beneficiaries will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds.

A new survey by Noblis Health Innovation found nearly a third of hospitals surveyed are “much more interested” in affiliation than a year ago.

Congress has promised healthcare reform legislation by July 31. Expect fireworks when they get down to the nitty-gritty, as the public plan option – proposed by some Democrats – is sure to be one of the choices.

Congressional leaders have promised President Obama comprehensive healthcare reform legislation by July 31. This promise comes as many in Congress were beginning to believe it would take at least until this fall to come up with a bipartisan bill.

Some safety-net hospitals have devised a way to hold down costs due to the rising number of uninsured patients showing up in their emergency rooms.