Healthcare spending in California is well below the national average, according to new federal data — largely because of high numbers of uninsured and low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates, analysts say. Read the Article>

The road to health care reform—what the Republican presidential candidates routinely call "Obamacare," and likely the central issue of the fall 2012 campaign—began in Iowa. Read the Article>

The White House says the health care reform law passed in early 2010 has saved thousands of Michiganders on Medicare more than $33-million total on their prescription drugs – an average of about $556 per person. Read the Article>

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday, saying the former Massachusetts governor "is going to have more positions on health care than he has voters." Read the Article>

The woman chosen to represent the legal challenge to the Obama administration's health-care overhaul filed for bankruptcy in September after her business failed, a move that could pose problems for the high-profile lawsuit. Read the Article>

A new report that offers the most comprehensive snapshot of New Yorkers' access to primary-care services to date finds that the availability and use of medical services varies strikingly within neighborhoods across the five boroughs, particularly with primary care. Read the Article>

Healthcare costs in the United States are the highest in the world, and those in Massachusetts are the highest in the United States - as they had been for decades before the new law was passed. Read the Article>

Just under 2 million Californians have mental-health problems or illnesses that require treatment, but only a fraction of them receive care, according to a report released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

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The legislative sessions that will begin in a month's time will likely be dominated by debates over how to implement the kind of exchange systems mandated under President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Read the Article>

Health care providers that serve Nebraska are urging lawmakers to enact a state-based insurance exchange to comply with the Obama administration's health care overhaul. Read the Article>