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At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer "town hall" meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare.

Lawmakers face question: Even if one believes government-run insurance option is good, should reformers stake everything on its inclusion?

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health care reforms. 

Amid legislative wrangling and public wariness, White House scales back approach on key issue.

Democrats pushed healthcare reform legislation forward in a key House of Representatives panel on Friday but overall progress for President Barack Obama's top policy goal has slowed ahead of a monthlong August recess.

Support for Obama's health-care effort declined over the past five weeks as Congress struggled to finalize legislation and attention focused on its high price, a new WSJ/NBC News poll finds.

Federal authorities say they've arrested 32 people, including doctors, in Medicare fraud busts in Houston, New York, Louisiana and Boston.

President Barack Obama, hitting the road for healthcare reform again today, will take his case to two red states that he turned blue last year: North Carolina and Virginia.

A bipartisan group of senators agreed tentatively Tuesday on a plan to squeeze an additional $35 billion out of Medicare over the next decade and larger sums in the years beyond, according to congressional officials, a step toward fulfilling President Barack Obama's goal of curbing the growth of health care spending.

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he realized Americans were skeptical about his healthcare overhaul, but that the country's economic recovery depended on the success of the $1 trillion plan.