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A Maryland program to prevent hospital complications goes further than most, including those already under way in Medicare and new ones slated to begin next year under the health care overhaul law.

The bargains can be appealing for people who don't have insurance coverage for infertility treatments, which is to say most people. Only about 20 percent of companies covered pricey treatments like in vitro fertilization, a survey found.

The drug industry's main trade group spent at least $101.2 million in 2009 on advocacy efforts during the contentious health care overhaul debate. A lot of the money went to lobbying and TV ads in favor of the law, but some went to its foes.

The Obama administration will require plans that receive waivers from the health law's restrictions on annual benefit caps to write policyholders and spell out where their plans fall short and by how much.

A new study shows that CT scans have increased in emergency rooms nearly six-fold since 1995 and show no sign of tapering off. But the findings also suggest that the ER may be overusing or misusing the technology.

A high-level federal office that serves as a health insurance watchdog is being folded into the rest of the Medicare program. One insider sees it as a defensive move to protect funding that could be threatened by the newly Republican House.

Parents who don't want to meet state immunization requirements for school now have to obtain a certificate of exemption from a licensed health care provider.

At least half a million people are expected to get health care benefits in an expansion of California's Medicaid program, including many former prison inmates. Many ex-offenders will now be covered for care, including mental health and substance abuse — problems that, when left untreated, can lead them right back behind bars.

Two economists doubt accountable care organizations, a key tool for improving costs and quality under the federal health overhaul, will be able to temper the medical system's lust for the latest expensive technology. Costs and quality of care are are at stake.

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the number of people getting coverage is running ahead of the administration's estimate of how many young adults would become insured this year under the law.