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What good is my health insurance if my copays and deductibles are so high that it doesn't offer me any financial protection? That's the... Read More
House Speaker Paul Ryan will leave office in January likely without having achieved two of his top health policy priorities: repealing the... Read More
When President Donald Trump declared America's opioid crisis a national emergency last October, the announcement surprised few in the first... Read More
According to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, most Americans don't realize that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate was... Read More
Gathered around a white plastic table, four scientists surgically explored a quaking pile of mud, freshly scraped from the bottom of the... Read More
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, has identified his priorities. At the top of his list is lowering prescription... Read More
Teens and electronic cigarettes are a combustible issue that's been heating up the headlines lately. “‘I Can't Stop': Schools... Read More
For-profit corporations invest large amounts of money in global health R&D to develop novel treatments, drugs, and vaccines for neglected... Read More
Sales are growing for a type of bare-bones health policy that offers a cheaper alternative to traditional insurance but leaves buyers risking... Read More
Year after year, southern states consistently rank among the worst in the U.S. for health and wellness.This is not a new trend. The rankings... Read More
A 2016 study reported that Texas' maternal mortality numbers were alarmingly high. According to the study, from 2010 to 2012 the number of... Read More
A new study on air emissions from oil and gas wells found higher health hazards for people living within 500 feet of a well. In... Read More
Everyone hopes to enjoy a healthy holiday vacation, without any tropical infections, injuries or mishaps on the ski slopes. But the truth is... Read More
Researchers just uncovered new evidence that a parasite that infects more than 2 billion people worldwide can make some brain diseases and... Read More
Trampling legitimate opposing views creates resentments that linger. Read More
Each year insurers submit filings to state regulators detailing their plans to participate on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces (also... Read More
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After last year's embarrassing retreat from long-stated goals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the leftover backup plan for many Capitol Hill Republicans seems to come down to “federalism.†They hope it will achieve more modest goals, or at least dodge deeper political blame.The recycled promises for 2018 usually add up to a revival of the Graham-Cassidy legislation, which Read More
Jana Gundy and Amanda Chaffin live within two hours of each other in Oklahoma. Each has a child with the same devastating disease, one that robs them of muscle strength, affecting their ability to sit, stand or even breathe.So both families were ecstatic when the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for the genetic condition — known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) — two d Read More
More than 42,000 people died in 2016 from an opioid overdose. Forty percent of these deaths involved a prescription opioid. Overall, deaths from opioid overdoses have contributed to a decrease in American life expectancy for the second year in a row. The last time that happened was in 1962 to 1963.In light of such statistics, it's not surprising that a recent article explaining how opioids aren't Read More
Today's Topics
- BIG QUESTIONS IN HEALTH
- Health Care Reform
- Sanders Flexes Power on Single-Payer Health Care
- Major Differences Still Remain for Compromise Obamacare Bill
- Obamacare Groups Struggle With Replacing Lost Ad Funds
- Trump Has Quietly Stopped Funding Obamacare's Outreach Budget
- Trump Regrets Putting Obamacare at Top of Agenda
- Senate Pins Hopes on Bipartisan Bill
- Senators Seek Bipartisan Deal to Shore Up Insurance Markets
- Health & Wellness
- Opioid Epidemic
- Disease
- Doctors, Patients, Hospitals
- Cancer
- Mental Health & Therapy
- Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices
- Global Health
- Children's Health
- Chronic Cough Usually Identifies Underlying Illness in Children
- High Blood Pressure Increasing in Children
- Play It Smart: Stay in School for a Healthier Heart
- Too Many Parents Still Put Newborns at Risk for SIDS
- Study: 133 Percent Leap in Children Admitted to ER for Marijuana
- Wondering If Your Child Is Transgender? Here Are Some Tips
- Marijuana & Drugs
- Video Highlights
