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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral arguments on President Barack Obama's sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the 5-1/2 hours of oral arguments, one of the lengthiest arguments in recent years. There have been similar marathon ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral arguments on President Barack Obama's sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the 5-1/2 hours of oral arguments, one of the lengthiest arguments in recent years. There have been similar marathon ...

(Reuters) - U.S. healthcare reforms have enabled 2.5 million young adults to obtain insurance coverage, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, up from 1 million earlier this year.

Federal officials credited the gains to the Affordable Care Act, legislation championed by President Barack Obama that took effect last year and is deemed the biggest overhaul of the U ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul law.

The high court agreed to a proposal by the three main parties in the legal battle and by two attorneys who have been appointed to argue certain positions.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he supports a controversial decision by the U.S. health secretary to overrule government scientists about access to an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill.

Obama said he backs Wednesday's decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to trump the Food and Drug Administration's plan to do ...

(Reuters) - The health secretary overruled government scientists and refused to bring the controversial morning-after pill from behind the pharmacy counter and onto drugstore shelves.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday used her power to trump the Food and Drug Administration's plan to do away with the age limit on who can buy Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ...

Let's be truthful. Being compliant with the Healthcare Insurance Portability Act and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and even its subsequent Privacy and Security rules alone is ...

The government must do more to avoid the collapse of further care homes following the fall of Southern Cross, a group of MPs warned on Tuesday.

Authorities are failing to monitor the financial health of providers, some of which are stacking up huge debts, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The warning follows the collapse of Britain's largest care home ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official who helped lead President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will step down from the helm of the Medicare program after Republicans blocked his Senate confirmation for the job.

Obama had resubmitted the candidacy of Dr. Donald Berwick as U.S. government insurance chief to the Senate, but will now nominate his deputy to ...

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on Thursday launched a drive to reduce the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment.

Around a quarter of a million people in England have been waiting for non-urgent treatment in England for longer than this period, Lansley said.

Ministers are concerned that patients become 'forgotten' after 18-weeks because NHS targets ...