With the U.S. House Budget Committee forwarding a reconciliation health care reform bill to the entire congressional chamber, one Obama Administration official says a final up-or-down vote is “only days away.”

While the Obama Administration is confident that the coming week will produce the first step in a march to victory on health care reform, at least one Republican is saying the way Democrats are fighting for change is “a political kamikaze mission.”

After a call from President Barack Obama to move health reform forward, Democratic leaders are adding fuel to the fire, saying that order can only be fulfilled through budget reconciliation.

While 34 other states have considered or partially passed legislation to ban any federal mandate to secure health insurance coverage, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill that is expected to get the signature of the state’s governor.

As part of a larger unemployment insurance benefits bill, the U.S. Senate approved an extension of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) through Dec. 31.

Just a little over a week after it suspended a prescription benefit provider for 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has terminated the company’s contract, effective immediately.

Premium increases by health insurers across the nation are taking center stage to justify the need for health care reform, as a way to stuff the pocket of company executives and now, in Connecticut, the reason the state should elect its insurance commissioner.

Another large health insurance company has postponed its proposed rate hike amid questions from state officials, this time in Iowa.

People who are in the manufacturing sector of the economy fear losing health insurance, despite the fact that its employees have historically not had to fear loss of coverage, a new survey finds.

A number of health reform advocates, including labor groups, plan to protest outside the hotel where a number of top health care executives are scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., Tuesday (March 9).