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More Than 100 Patients Ended Lives Under California’s New Aid-In-Dying Law Last Year
The majority, or 58.6 percent, of those who sought the drugs suffered from cancer.
Despite Trump’s Apparent Olive Branch, HIV Advocates Remain Frustrated By Administration
On National HIV Testing Day, the president released a statement urging Americans get tested and fight the virus. But advocates say it’s not enough. In other public health news: Lyme disease, breast-feeding and diabetes treatment.
The Opioid Epidemic Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better, Experts Warn
Stat talks with leading public health experts about the crisis and where it’s headed.
Shares Of Biotech Firm At Center Of Congressional Ethics Uproar Plummet
The controversy over the Australian company Innate Immunotherapeutics entangled now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Rep. Chris Collins.
Sen. Warren Says ‘Now It’s Time For The Next Step. And The Next Step Is Single Payer.’
Although the Massachusetts Democrat once dismissed a call from progressives to move the country to a single-payer health system, she endorsed it in a new interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Traditionally Vocal Health Groups’ Silence Over Plan Reflects Newly Splintered Industry
While the bill may represent an existential threat to some insurers, others see it as neutral. However other groups, such as hospitals, nursing homes and veterans’ organizations, are definitely voicing their concerns over the proposed legislation.
Trump Group Pulls No-Holds-Barred Ads Attacking Heller For Opposition To Measure
America First Policies said it decided to take down its ads against Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) because “he has decided to come back to the table to negotiate with his colleagues on the Senate bill.”
‘Time To Crank Up The Outrage’: Galvanized Protesters Plan On Going Hard Against Bill During Recess
“You are the wind under our wings,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said to cheering protesters. “You are the reason we’ve come this far.”
Media outlets take a look at what’s in the Senate legislation, including tweaks to the medical-loss-ratio and the chamber’s substitution for the individual mandate, and offer takes on how Americans would be affected by the changes.
Republicans Say Preservation, Democrats Say Cut. The Fight Over Describing Medicaid’s Future
Republicans object to calling the reductions in federal funding envisioned in their health plans a cut, but is it? News outlets examine the depth of the disagreement about Medicaid between the parties and its central role in the current debate.
Governors From Both Parties Rise Up To Become Blockade Against Senate Health Plan
State leaders from both parties were alarmed at the potential for harm to their constituents, state budgets and insurance markets.
Trump’s Negotiator-In-Chief Efforts Haven’t Been Exactly Welcomed In Senate Push
President Donald Trump cajoled and arm-twisted House members into shouldering through a bill, but he’s been mostly sidelined during the Senate negotiations. Meanwhile, Trump said it was “OK” if the upper chamber doesn’t manage to pass a bill.
Mitch’s Miscalculation: Where One Of Senate’s Most Skilled Strategists Went Wrong
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has long been touted as one of the Senate’s best tacticians. So what happened?
What’s The Path Forward For The Senate Health Care Bill?
From the Congressional Budget Office score, Republican leaders got $200 billion in the bank to woo reluctant lawmakers, but does the measure actually stand a chance of passing?
In Face Of Mounting Dissension, McConnell Blinks And Delays Health Bill Vote Until After Recess
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the bill is not dead, but even more lawmakers came out against the proposal after the vote was pushed.
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For Millennials, Both Good And Bad News In Senate’s GOP Health Bill
Provisions in the Senate’s “repeal and replace” bill could help some young adults by lowering the cost of premiums but could hurt others who gained insurance through a massive expansion to Medicaid.
Hospitals Ramp Up Hyperbaric Therapy For Diabetics, Despite Concerns
Medicare is trying to deter overuse of hyperbaric therapy, and some experts question its effectiveness for healing diabetic wounds, one of the treatment’s fastest-growing uses.
Postcard From Capitol Hill: Doubts, Dissent Over Health Bill Rescue July Fourth Holiday
Scenes from Capitol Hill Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s effort to pass a health care bill this week crumbled.