The Supreme Court on Tuesday added an extra 30 minutes to the time provided for oral arguments, bumping up the total to six hours over three days.

House Democrats have scheduled their own hearing in response to last week's all-male panel organized by House Republicans on the Obama administration's contraception rule. The Democrats have invited...Read More

After accusing President Obama of “a phony theology” and likening public schools to “factories” on Saturday, Rick Santorum sought to clarify his remarks but did not back down from them.

No simple method is available for reducing the cost of health care, and the various payment methods each have strengths and weaknesses, an economist writes.

Last week the Obama administration released a ruling that requires all employers, including religiously affiliated organizations, to provide full contraceptive coverage in their health plans. After hearing objections about the rule, the administration relaxed the requirement for religiously affiliated employers. Below is the flood of polling that followed on the announcement of the requirement:&nb...Read More

A new  analysis from RAND looks at what the effect would be of eliminating the so-called “individual mandate” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors use “RAND’s Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE) microsimulation model to predict the effects of a possible Supreme Court decision invalidating the individual mandate while keeping the other...Read More

Event Information Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM Grand Ballroom Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted the Fourth Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop on Wednesday, January 18, at the Washington Marriott in Washington, DC. This public workshop...Read More

Editor’s Note: An abridged version of this article was published in The Hill on December 14, 2011. At a time when policymakers are focused on improving the quality of care and decreasing costs in government health programs, one change should be obvious: it’s time to end conflicts of interest and misaligned financial incentives to long term care (LTC) pharmacies that are...Read More

In recognition of its importance as a safety net clinic and its new focus on primary care for the uninsured, The Regence Foundation has awarded a $10,300 grant to Snake River Community Clinic in...Read More

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation awarded $2.5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations hard hit by the recession and in support of projects under its statewide grantmaking...Read More