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Eight advocacy groups Monday filed a complaint in US district court on behalf of the 6.4 million people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid to make sure that no elderly or disabled Americans lose access to prescription...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday granted a one-year stay of its June ruling that the Quebec government can't block people from obtaining private insurance for health care procedures covered under the public system....

The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday overturned a section of a Quebec law that prevented people from buying private insurance for procedures covered by public health care. The Quebec Hospital Insurance Act was challenged [Canadian Press...

While jurors in the trial of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy still have not reached a verdict, the company itself settled SEC charges on Wednesday related to his conduct and a company scheme...

The US Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday evening that would bar government agencies from using taxpayer funds to produce video press releases disguised as real news. The amendment , whose purpose is to "prohibit...

Jim Maule, Villanova Law School:"...ost, if not all, of the discussion presupposes continuation of the social security system, with changes in the way revenues are gathered to fund it. A few proposals discuss changing benefits, either...

Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School:"One of the commonest objections to President Bush's proposal for reform of social security is that there is no need to act now because there is no "crisis." Yet the same people who say...

A federal judge, responding to a lawsuit from the nation's largest advocacy group for older Americans , has blocked the government from allowing companies to offer fewer health benefits to employees when they become eligible for Medicare....

HealthSouth and the US Department of Justice have reportedly reached a settlement agreement in the wake of allegations the company filed false Medicare reports with the US government, costing tax payers $2.7 billion. The settlement, worth $325 million, will...

Elizabeth Malloy, University of Cincinnati College of Law:"President Bush today selected Mike Leavitt, the current EPA Chief, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. In making his selection, President Bush said that Leavitt is a "fine executive"...