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Doctors are leaving private practices in large numbers and going to work for hospitals. Last year, hospitals hired half of the new doctors just out of medical school. Hospital administrators say having more doctors improves care.

If you think you're being overcharged in the emergency room, there are ways to challenge your bills.

Even though Dr. Donald Berwick took the reins of Medicare and Medicaid without a confirmation hearing, one senator hasn't stopped asking questions.

As part of the new health law, officials published information on 4,000 individual insurance plans today. A health insurance trade group says the site is misleading. A government spokeswoman says that it holds insurance companies more accountable.

A new analysis says that Social Security and Medicare will be bolstered by the new health law because lower insurance costs for employers will mean higher pay for workers. And that will mean higher tax receipts. Skeptics disagree.

Federal requirements that are part of the new health law will make insurance appeals easier and more uniform.

The new health care law lets young adults stay on their parents insurance longer, and it creates a new insurance pool for people who are sick and can't find insurance, but there's a few more lower profile items you should know about.

How would Donald Berwick have handled questions in a confirmation hearing for his post as head of Medicare and Medicaid? Some Republicans pull answers from the historical record.

Starting next year, Medicare will pay for all sorts of preventive services and recipients won't have to shell out a dime. But workouts, aren't on the list.

The federal law overhauling health care is supposed to make it easier for patients to keep insurance coverage when enrolling in studies of experimental treatments. But for studies outside insurers' networks, problems for patients remain.

In an unusual August session, House Democrats pushed through an aid package that will boost state Medicaid budgets. But, the lawmakers whiffed on extending a popular insurance subsidy for the unemployed.

Opting for an insurer's network of high-performing doctors and hospitals may ease premiums and out-of-pocket costs. It's a relatively new approach that some providers criticize for focusing more on cost than quality.

Charge lower rates for health insurance and more people will buy it. Seems obvious, but the number of people with pre-existing conditions to buy federally subsidized insurance varies a lot by state. The reason has a lot to do with the prices.

An Institute of Medicine report says nurses should take on a larger role in providing health care and calls for removal of government restrictions, which doctors have repeatedly opposed.

Provisions of the federal health law boost research by the National Institutes of Health on breast cancer in young women and fund awareness campaigns for breast health. The overhaul provides $9 million a year through 2014.

Even as mental health treatment gets a stronger footing with insurers, the care itself may be less than ideal. Primary care doctors, rather than psychiatrists, provide a lot treatment for mental health issues.

Despite the long odds against scraping the new health law anytime soon, the head of a branch of the conservative think tank says the prospects of success are good, even if it takes another four years and a new Congress.

The vaccination rate for measles, mumps and rubella fell about 3 percentage points for 2-year-olds in 2009. Insurers said paranoia about side effects are to blame for the decline. Still, more than 90 percent of the children got MMR shots.

Fallout from the Panama Canal Treaty holds a lesson for Democrats in the wake of health overhaul, says a pollster. Expect pain in the short run and acceptance over the long haul.

Six months after President Obama signed the health care bill into law, there are plenty of new changes designed to improve care and coverage. But there are some caveats.

Medicare patients who need certain high-risk surgeries may not be able to find the best information on the government's Hospital Compare website, according to a new study. That may be because of the way it measures quality.

More employers than expected are looking to add some benefits to health plans. By doing so they'll also be freer to raise copayments and deductibles under the new health law.

Once again, an analysis of Medicare data shows wide variations in the kinds of care patients receive. The lowest rate of mammograms is in Chicago. Highest rate of leg amputations: McAllen, Texas.

The federally subsidized program for uninsured people with health problems is one of the first changes to go into effect from the health care overhaul law passed this year, but enrollment in the plans springing up around the country is below expectations. It's too soon to gauge the program's impact, but some officials are still surprised.

A report commissioned by the Republican governor projects big increases in Medicaid costs as a result of the federal law overhauling health care.