Health Care

Treasurer John Kennedy says Lafayette's already thriving health-care industry makes it the ideal place to train new doctors and expand health-care access in the state.

Contraception is among a range of preventive services that must be provided at no extra charge under the health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010 and the Supreme Court upheld two years later.

That plan would go to lawmakers for consideration and would most likely need federal waivers for enactment.

The White House meeting comes a day after Shinseki and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with the House Appropriations Committee to discuss how their departments can improve interactions between their health records systems.

The poll shows support for policy changes to help, including tax breaks for long-term care and more community services.

The poll was taken before Thursday's announcement by the White House that new health insurance markets have surpassed the goal of 6 million sign-ups.

HHS runs Medicare, Medicaid and the insurance expansion in Obama's health care law.

The district has had the same administrator, Blue Cross Blue Shield, for the last 17 years.

Still, the share reporting success in signing up has jumped to 40 percent from a meager 24 percent in December.

Enrolling young and healthy people is important because they generally pay more into the system than they take out, subsidizing older adults.

In Louisiana, 2,193 people had made it through the site and selected an insurance plan by November 30.

The hearing comes as the administration prepares to release tightly held enrollment numbers for October.

Conservative groups are pouring money into ad campaigns reminding voters that many Democrats had promised that Americans could keep their current insurance policies.

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country with pre-existing chronic conditions who are covered through high risk-insurance pools will see their coverage dissolve by year's end.

She'll be hearing from lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee who have growing lists of concerns about President Barack Obama's crowning legislative achievement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Little more than a week after millions of consumers received health care cancellation notices, lawmakers in both parties are pushing legislation to redeem President Barack Obama's pledge that anyone liking their coverage will be allowed to keep it under the nation's controversial new law...

Medicare Chief Marilyn Tavenner will be questioned by the House Ways and Means Committee on what went wrong with HealthCare.gov, and whether she saw any of it coming.

Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner is to testify during a House hearing Tuesday.

Executives of CGI Federal are testifying today before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

As Congress argued, President Barack Obama's plan to cover the uninsured suffered a self-inflicted wound.