Catholic bishops had a mixed reaction to President Obama’s new plan for birth control access, which preserves universal cost-free access and uses a Hawaii-type compromise to leave the religiously affiliated institutions out of the exchange of services between an insurance company and the employee. Catholic officials say President Obama called New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies announced today, in conjunction with the Affordable Care Act, new rules that would require private health insurers to provide preventive care services for free, with no co-pays, co-insurance or deductibles. The rule takes effect September 23 of this year. Services like blood pressure, diabetes [...]

It was inevitable that the news of the US Preventive Services Task Force changing their guidelines on mammography would cause a political uproar. In a year where Congress is not trying to do comprehensive health care reform, the findings would be controversial. In this year, especially because of the role of the USPSTF in at [...]