California won more than $4.3 million in federal grants to improve its reviews of health insurance rates, but the state's insurance commissioner said California missed out on potentially more funds. » read more

Worried that the federal government could end up running new insurance marketplaces for dozens of states, the Obama administration is making a new pitch Monday for cooperation to 46 states and the District of Columbia. » read more

Gov. Nikki Haley said she will let federal deadlines slip by and not accept millions in federal funds to help South Carolina set up its own health insurance exchange. » read more

Florida lawmakers have rejected more than $50 million in federal child-abuse prevention money. The grants were tied to the Obama administration’s health care reform package, which many lawmakers oppose on philosophical grounds. » read more

Attorneys for 26 states, led by Florida, argued that the federal health care law provision that forces people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty is unconstitutional. The Obama administration disagrees. Florida’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care law moved to a federal appeals court Wednesday, where a trio of judges grilled President Barack Obama’s top lawyer and repeatedly questioned whether Congress can force people to buy health insurance. » read more