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As reforms begin to take effect, state workers face mammoth task of implementing the new law.

Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what?

Missouri voters overwhelmingly reject a key provision of President Obama's health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.Newcomer Wins GOP Nod for Mich. GovSen.

President Barack Obama said Saturday that millions of Americans already are reaping benefits from the new health care law, including tax breaks for some small businesses and help for families with young adults.

A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor's watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to be called "Doctor."...

A Florida urologist says he won't turn away anyone, but a sign on his door makes clear his disgust with healthcare-bill backers.

A Florida doctor who considers the national healthcare overhaul bad medicine has posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Obama to seek care elsewhere.

President Barack Obama was to tout a tax credit for small businesses on Thursday in his second speech this week promoting his sweeping healthcare overhaul to a skeptical public.

Health insurance industry says it won't try to block Obama's efforts to fix a potentially embarrassing glitch in new law.

President Obama is set to claim final victory on his top domestic priority Tuesday by signing into law a package of changes to the newly enacted health care reform bill.

Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.