The South Dakota prairie is a world away from the luxury hotels of New York City, where the late Leona Helmsley ruled a $5 billion real estate empire. But it is here, in the grassy plains and rugged hills of the upper Midwest, that $100 million of her fortune is driving new development.

For the second time in eight months, California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross is being sued over allegations that it has breached contracts with individual policyholders for hiking annual insurance deductibles in the middle of the year.

While the impending Supreme Court debate over President Barack Obama’s health law is steeped in politics, a ruling striking down a piece of the health care law would have significant policy implications, too.

There was plenty of love for New York City this week from delegates at a high-level United Nations meeting on chronic diseases. But it wasn’t all about the city’s restaurants or Broadway shows.

The fate of the health system overhaul largely rests on six senators who gather to confer, often twice a day, for many hours at a stretch.