Noam N. Levey

Lawmakers are considering options and costs for insured and uninsured Americans. Here's a look at some of the issues: Q. Why does the nation need to overhaul health care? I...

President Barack Obama presented his most detailed pitch yet Monday for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation's burdened health-care system, calling it a "ticking time bomb" that threatens America's...

Washington, D.C. GOP snubbed on health-care bill? Democratic leaders shape a plan to create sweeping legislation without Republicans Removing a major obstacle to the sweeping health-care legislation sought by President...

He's the eldest brother, a doctor and a scholar with a resume the size of a small book. Though brothers Ari and Rahm are both celebrities, he's the one they...

President Barack Obama, speaking on the day Congress began dissecting his budget, ffered a spirited defense Tuesday of his spending plan -- and of the future deficits it projects. He...

President Barack Obama has decided to tap former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to head the Food and Drug Administration, turning to a former Clinton administration official to...

President Barack Obama made his most forceful break yet from his predecessor's controversial scientific agenda on Monday, opening the door to a major expansion of government-funded research on embryonic stem...

Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday rescinding restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, administration officials said Friday, making hundreds of...

Bigger government checks could soon begin landing in mailboxes across the country and new tax breaks would be available to many families, if the economic stimulus package clears Congress this...