Skeptical questions for an administration lawyer from four of the Supreme Court justices suggested that a 5-to-4 decision to strike down the Affordable Care Act was a live possibility.

The Obama administration took another step to enforce a federal requirement for health insurance coverage of contraceptives.

The Senate killed an effort to let employers and health insurance companies deny coverage for services they object to on religious or moral grounds.

The Obama administration’s plan to require insurers to cover the costs of birth control is being complicated by the fact that many religiously affiliated organizations insure themselves.

Facing criticism from religious-affiliated institutions, the Obama administration promised on Tuesday to explore ways to make a new health insurance requirement more flexible.

Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.

The cost of car insurance could be cut if the government restricted the huge number of subjective “whiplash” injury claims, a committee of MPs says.