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Rationing Medical Care: Health Officials Struggle With Setting Standards

With the threat of a flu pandemic, doctors are still struggling with a serious issue: Which patients should be given access to lifesaving treatments if more people need it than the system can handle?

The Short Life of a Health Care Reform Provision

Ferocious lobbying by doctors and hospitals puts a quick end to the Medicare buy-in proposal.

In Colorado, the Haves Get a Little Bit More

Wealthier counties, with projects ready to go, find more stimulus money coming their way.

What Health Care Reform Means for: The Underinsured

For those whose insurance policies carry high deductibles, the reform bills offer a chance to bring down the out-of-pocket costs

What Health Care Reform Means for: Medicare Programs

Proposals to reduce government subsidies of Medicare Advantage plans have participants worried about higher premiums.

Report: Stimulus Drives Right Past Motor City

Michigan is said to have few new jobs from the stimulus, with more than half of them tied to education.

What Health Care Reform Means For: Small Businesses

Tax credits and insurance exchanges would help small businesses help their employees.

What Health Care Reform Means For: The Uninsured

Here's how the bills in Congress would affect a California woman who lost her job just when she badly needed her insurance.

Grading the Public Options That Already Exist

A look at the successes and problems of some government-run health programs in the United States.

Drug Store Chain Releases Some Details About Its Transaction With Rep. Mike Ross

A statement from USA Drug tells how much it paid a congressman and his wife for their business, but doesn't explain how they arrived at the price.

Rep. Mike Ross Responds to ProPublica-Politico Investigation of Pharmacy Sale

The Arkansas congressman, a figure in the health care debate, defends his family's deal with a drug store chain.

Rep. Mike Ross Raises Eyebrows With Healthy Haul

An Arkansas congressman with a big role in the health care debate had a big payday from a real estate and business deal with a pharmacy chain.

Health Care Reform: Search the Competing Bills—and See What Hoops They Have to Jump Through

Much remains to be reconciled as the House and the Senate debate health care legislation.

Health Care Reform: Search the Competing Bills—and See What Hoops They Have to Jump Through

Much remains to be worked out as Congress considers health care legislation.

Health Care Reform Primer: How Might the Changes Affect You

A national survey helps focus the concerns that Americans have about health care and cost.

Health Care Reform Primer: How Might the Changes Affect You

A national survey helps focus the concerns that Americans have about health care and cost.

Help Identify Health Care Lobbyists on the Hill

Millions are being spent to influence health care reform. Can you tell where it is coming from?