Which politicians do you trust more to micromanage your health care: federal or state? That’s the false choice presented by two versions of “federalism” intended to divide responsibility for health policy between the national government and the states.

The latest installment of ObamaCare is a scheme that’s uprooting the elderly poor and disabled who get care under Medicare and herding many into state-run Medicaid plans.

President Obama promised that the brunt of any financial reckoning will fall mostly only on those making more than $250,000 annually. Under his healthcare plan, the economic agony starts at income levels that fall much lower than that.

Despite efforts to exploit a gender gap in support for President Obama's health care law, it turns out some moms are raising their concerns over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with Cafe Mom, the online meeting place for moms

Medicare is facing a fiscal calamity: how can the growth of Medicare spending be limited while ensuring that beneficiaries continue to have access to affordable health care?

Miller spoke with MoneyWatch.com about what he believes is wrong with the current proposals before Congress and what changes he’d like to see.

If politically safe proposals are implemented and fail to produce savings, government will turn to a less appealing but more familiar tool to cut health care costs: the regulation of access to drugs and medical services.

The Financial Alignment Initiative has set ambitious time frames for making sweeping changes in the care offered to dual eligibles.  Will dual eligibles be able to obtain the services they need once they are shifted into these new health plans? Will savings come at the expense of patient care, or will this approach lead to real efficiencies in delivering care?