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A new ad by a major activist group blames the health care system's ills on greedy insurance companies and promotes a government-backed insurer as the cure. But the diagnosis is flawed.

Some states permit insurers to deny policies to people who have received treatment for domestic violence. Now there's a move to prohibit the practice as part of a health care overhaul.

Rusty Lovell was diagnosed with leukemia eight years ago. Luckily, through his wife's plan he has "gold-plated" insurance that has paid millions of dollars for his care since then, at a low monthly cost to them.

PacWest and Western Alliance were among the smaller lenders that saw shares tumble even as the banks sought to reassure their customers and investors..

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced her exit on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency.

The proposal to extend COBRA subsidies to those laid off through the end of the year is languishing in Congress. So the unemployed may soon pay more to remain on COBRA, look for insurance on the individual market, go on Medicaid or lose coverage altogether. And that could further tax a health system already struggling to keep up with the number of uninsured.

Small businesses that employ many part-time workers could inadvertently hit a threshold that requires they offer health coverage or paying a big penalty.

Small businesses in pricey metro areas may have trouble qualifying for an insurance tax credit because their workers' pay is often more than $25,000 a year.

The new law offers relief for people who can't get insurance because they are sick or have been sick. States can set up their own pools, or let the federal government do it.

Kaiser Health News chats with doctors around the country to see how they would be affected if Congress fails to stop a 21 percent cut in their Medicare payments.