WASHINGTON (AP) - The search for agreement on health care may be short lived. The flashpoint is a proposal that would give Americans the option of buying medical coverage through a government plan. President Barack Obama and many Democrats have read more..

BENTON — Having worked many years as the sole school nurse for the Benton School District, Clarene “Cookie” Brown said she knows the challenges of fighting the battle to improve people’s health. It’s a battle that can’t be fought alone read more..

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon just announced that he’ll tour the state early next week to announce what he’s calling a landmark agreement to make health care coverage affordable and accessible for thousands of additional Missourians. No details yet, but read more..

Cowichan has been dubbed a have-not community based on inequalities in mental health funding. Vancouver Island Health Authority data indicates per capita funding for mental health and addiction services in the Cowichan Valley is $93.90. Victoria read more..

An Iraqi man wounded in a bomb blast sits inside the Imam Ali hospital in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, in this Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, file photo. Sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government, the first read more..

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving Americans the option of buying medical coverage through the government - an idea put forth by President Barack Obama - is a potential deal breaker for some Republicans and insurance companies whose support would ease the way read more..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to make one health care option the purchase of government-sponsored medical coverage. Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt says in the GOP’s weekly radio address that it could read more..

If you become a patient at UW Hospital or any other UW Health organization, you should feel confident that decisions made on your case are in your interest, untainted by any financial relationships a doctor or other health professional might have read more..

Giving Americans the option of buying medical coverage through the government — an idea put forth by President Barack Obama — is a potential deal breaker for some Republicans and insurance companies whose support would ease the way for a health care overhaul. read more..

This year’s continuing stock-market decline further eroded the health of U.S. corporate pension plans in February, BNY Mellon Asset Management said Friday. read more..

Even as he offers himself up as a head referee more than a star player, Obama is leaving no doubt about who is really in charge of health-care reform read more..

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.53 or .8 percent, to $64.15. read more..

President Barack Obama pumped health care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation’s costly and frustrating system Thursday and heard only applause and agreement when he told them there’s “a clear consensus that the need for health care reform is here and now.” read more..

President Barack Obama vowed to end a decades-long stalemate on overhauling the health care system, and he indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he put forth during the presidential campaign. read more..

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: read more..

Democrats are eager to keep banging the Rush Limbaugh drum. And today they are seizing on Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Obama’s health care plan on his radio show which Limbaugh predicted would be called the “Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care Bill read more..

ROSWELL, GA–(Marketwire - March 6, 2009) - Kimberly-Clark Health Care announced today that it will host a variety of educational opportunities for physicians and other caregivers attending the annual Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting read more..

ABC News’ medical editor Dr. Tim Johnson reports: Thursday I attended the White House Forum on Health Care. Below are some of my observations on this interesting and important event. 1. As an “event,” it was enormously successful, particularly in read more..

AVON, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Magellan Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGLN ) announced today that Rene Lerer, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of the Company, will present at the following conferences: — Raymond James 30th Annual read more..

The state Health Department reports five cases of salmonella in South Dakota that might be linked to sprouts from a Nebraska company. Officials say laboratory testing has yet to confirm that sprouts from SunSprout Enterprises are the source of the read more..

The Newman University Department of Nursing and Allied Health will present a conference that centers on issues affecting patient safety. The conference is from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 27 at Newman’s Dugan-Gorges Conference Center. “Health read more..

UTICA, N.Y. — America’s Greatest Heart Run and Walk isn’t until Saturday in Utica, but hundreds of people were out Friday learning about heart health. The Mohawk Valley Heart Institute sponsored the Health and Fitness Expo. Many people showed up to read more..

Reforming the U.S. health care system will be frustrating and costly, but it will have to be high on the government’s agenda, according to an expert panel assembled this morning as part of National Journal ’s Policy Breakfast series. The panel, which read more..

How critical is it to overhaul the health care system? Think of saving “Thelma and Louise.” read more..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation can’t afford to wait for the economy to recover before tackling out-of-control medical costs, President Barack Obama is telling some of the most powerful players in the health care reform debate. “If we want to create read more..

President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts congressional committee chairmen, their Republican President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts congressional committee chairmen, their Republican counterparts and their spouses at a dinner in the East Room read more..

Health Systems Solutions Inc. said it would deregister its common stock and stop filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission . Following deregistration, the common stock of Health Systems (OTCBB: HSSO) no longer will be traded on the read more..

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 5 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Sanofi-aventis announced the initiation of its Community Health Partnership (CHP), It’s In Our Hands, in the Miami area, seeking to link Hispanic residents with local healthcare read more..

WASHINGTON A White House domestic policy adviser says President Barack Obama is open-minded about ways to overhaul the country’s expensive health care system. Melody Barnes said Obama “walks into this conversation being pragmatic, being open. He read more..

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will launch his bid to overhaul health care Thursday with a White House summit on how to proceed. The summit of lawmakers, doctors and drug and insurance executives seeks to get the ball rolling. Obama’s budget read more..

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that President Barack Obama would join members of his administration at the meeting in Dearborn. That is not the case. WASHINGTON — Senior members of President Barack Obama’s read more..

America’s best-known personal trainer, Bob Greene, has helped millions improve their overall fitness through everyday healthier eating and increased physical activity. This spring, the expert behind the Best Life Diet(TM) and personal trainer to read more..

A senior Senate Democrat said Tuesday he would consider taxing U.S. workers on their employer-sponsored health insurance to help pay for extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. read more..

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: read more..

One of the Senate’s lead brokers of a health care overhaul Tuesday announced an ambitious goal to have a bill on the floor by June or July, even as he acknowledged the complexity of the legislative task before him. read more..

Nancy-Ann DeParle was chosen to push an overhaul of the nation?s health system. During the Clinton administration, she ran the agency that oversaw Medicare and Medicaid. read more..

President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Health and Human Services Department has a history of bucking the insurance industry, which faces the biggest hit under Obama’s initial health care reform plan. read more..

President Obama hopes to turn the economic crisis to his advantage by citing the burden of health costs and the growing ranks of the uninsured. read more..

The stimulus bill’s strengthened data privacy laws are raising hackles in health care. read more..

President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Health and Human Services Department has a history of bucking the insurance industry, which faces the biggest hit under Obama’s initial health care reform plan. read more..

President Obama hopes to turn the economic crisis to his advantage by citing the burden of health costs and the growing ranks of the uninsured. read more..

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius?s efforts to forge bipartisan consensus on health care have rarely succeeded in Kansas. read more..

President Barack Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius on Monday to lead his ambitious health reform effort, kicking off a week focused on revamping an inefficient healthcare system whose cost he fears is hurting the U.S. economy. read more..

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Kathleen Sebelius, the Democratic governor of conservative Kansas, as secretary of health and human services, effectively making her the point person for what may become the largest expansion of taxpayer-subsidized health insurance in four decades. read more..

President Barack Obama turned to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Monday to help him overhaul a health care system whose cost has risen four times as fast as people’s wages in recent years. Obama introduced Sebelius as his choice to be secretary of health and human services and Nancy-Ann DeParle, a health policy figure during the Clinton administration, to head the White House Office for Health … read more..

The stimulus bill’s strengthened data privacy laws are raising hackles in health care. read more..

It was 13 months before I heard those three beautiful words ?You?re in remission,” but I have to embrace my restored health while accepting that it may not last. read more..

As President Barack Obama’s health secretary, Kathleen Sebelius immediately will face a host of difficult policy issues that touch the lives of every family. read more..

The Obama administration is moving to rescind a federal rule that reinforced protections for medical providers who refuse to perform abortions or other procedures on moral grounds, an official said Friday. A Health and Human Services official said read more..

The gap between the rising rates and the falling number of patients could be a symptom of other serious shortcomings confronting the Health Department as it prepares to move into a new building this fall. Interviews and county records show that: Some read more..

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration rushed to include a health care safety net for laid-off workers in the recently signed stimulus bill, but has not told employers exactly how to make it work. As a result, tens of thousands of jobless people could read more..

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas was an early supporter of Barack Obama in the presidential race. WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source read more..

The Obama administration rushed to include a health care safety net for laid-off workers in the recently signed stimulus bill, but has not told employers exactly how to make it work. As a result, tens of thousands of jobless people could wait months read more..

Gadsden State Community College will sponsor a Health Sciences Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in Helderman Hall on the Wallace Drive campus. Recruiters from various medical and rehabilitation centers, health-care facilities and read more..

WASHINGTON - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday. The source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said Obama will formally announce read more..

IT’S the dreaded one-two punch. You lose your job. Then you have to pay thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for the health insurance an employer no longer provides. Click to enlarge Jennifer C. Graham, shown with twin daughters Judith, left and read more..