HEALTH CARE IN 2013: Changes will affect Northwest Indiana

If seismic devices monitoring planet earth could measure the universe of health care, health geologists would report significant tremors. As heat and pressure shift the tectonic plates beneath our feet, economic pressures and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) change the infrastructure and landsc…

What does the Affordable Care Act mean for you?

These next two years are important years in health care, with several provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act taking effect.

BRIAN HOWEY: Will Indiana turn its back on the working poor?

INDIANAPOLIS | How is Indiana going to ensure health insurance to the “working poor?”

Choosing health insurance that meets your needs

Millions of working Americans are still without health insurance, and many more worry about whether they'll be able to afford their existing coverage due to rising health costs.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Affordable Care Act is the beginning, not the end

Health care is an issue at the top of every Americans conversation. It has become a battlefield for politicians, a haven for insurance and technology, and a restructuring in the management of care delivery for hospitals and providers. The proponents say it's about time; opponents say it's to…

Lab manager who pleaded guilty now claims innocence

HAMMOND | Two days before he was to be sentenced for health care fraud, a Chicago lab manager moved to withdraw his guilty plea.

Former doc facing fraud trial dies in prison

HAMMOND | A former Merrillville pediatrician facing a health care fraud trial died over the spring while in prison in Texas.

GUEST COMMENTARY: One year of broken promises on Obamacare

A year ago today, despite the objections of millions of Americans, President Barack Obama signed his health care reform package into law.

BRIAN HOWEY: The epic two-year health reform battle begins

There was a woman at Kokomo's Republican headquarters last August who charged Senate candidate Dan Coats with a mission: "I urge you to start out by repealing all the major legislation from this session. Obviously Obama will veto, and it will be sustained, but take the vote."

I want honest answers about health care costs

The Obama administration said the health care bill wouldn't increase the cost of health care. I've seen news reports saying costs have not increased. That's not true.