Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) has said he plans to introduce a bill to stop the federal health insurance exchange website, HealthCare.gov, from gathering consumers' personal information, according to The Hill.
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has told ABC News he thinks HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius should step down over the technical errors that have plagued the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges.
Management expert Jeff Zients — who will become the chief White House economic adviser next year — will take on a leadership role in efforts to repair the federal health insurance exchange website, HealthCare.gov, HHS has announced.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has signed a bill into law that will make any “benevolent gesture” by a healthcare provider before the commencement of a medical liability case inadmissible evidence, allowing physicians to apologize to patients without fear of legal…
Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Ore., will have to pay $2.4 million to three plaintiffs who said a hospital anesthesiologist sexually abused and raped them, according to an Associated Press and The Dalles Chronicle report.
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A New York court found the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. is a "political subdivision" of the state and therefore exempt from state labor laws.
Nurses filed a class action lawsuit this week in circuit court against their employer, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, according to a news release from the plaintiffs' attorneys.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) intends to introduce legislation to delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate until six months after the Government Accountability Office confirms the federal exchange website is fully operational.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee next week concerning the technical difficulties the healthcare law's rollout has encountered.
An oversight panel has approved Republican Gov. John Kasich's plans to expand Ohio's Medicaid program, ending months of debate over extending the program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.