Last week's deadline to get legislation through the Assembly and Senate saw a number of big-ticket health care proposals make their way through the Legislature -- including one bill to regulate rate hikes by health insurers, and another to launch a new kind of basic health care insurance program in California. Read the Article>

While squabbles over the rules for approving new medical devices rarely attract much attention outside the insular world of manufacturers, regulators and medical professions, a fight is brewing that could have a major impact on efforts to control health-care spending. Read the Article>

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The cost and quality of healthcare will get worse because of healthcare reform rules that let the federal government review rates and set limits on how insurance companies spend their money, small businesses and insurance agents said Thursday. Read the Article>

Opinion by Jay Bookman Read the Article>

Before pharmaceutical company marketers call on a doctor, they do their homework. These salespeople typically pore over electronic profiles bought from data brokers, dossiers that detail the brands and amounts of drugs a particular doctor has prescribed. It is a marketing practice that some health care professionals have come to hate. Read the Article>

With a waiting list for a kidney at almost 83,000 Americans, the push to offer cash and other incentives grows. Two experts offer their opposing views on a donor kidney market. Read the Article>