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More hospitals, including Montefiore Medical Center in New York, are setting up support centers to help stressed-out family members cope.
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More hospitals, including Montefiore Medical Center in New York, are setting up support centers to help stressed-out family members cope.
Four news organizations read through letters sent by 51 senators and 134 members of the House dealing with the health care debate.
In a region where bears outnumber people, a small medical facility sets a modern example for rural hospitals on life support.
People treated in the 1990s report worse health problems later in life than those treated in the two previous decades.
Young men injured by gunshot wounds often lacked insurance and went for years without proper follow-up care. The health law’s Medicaid expansion, in doubt since the election, changed that in many of the states with the most gun violence.
We talk with a leading expert about Republican ideas for reform. Lanhee Chen of the Hoover Institution says it’s a mistake to think conservatives have too few ideas — rather they have too many.
Premiums on 2017 plans are rising by comparable amounts both in counties where multiple insurers still compete and in those where only one insurer remains after several companies stopped selling individual plans under the health law, according to Avalere, a consulting firm.
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, 29-year-old journalist Jake Harper wonders if that's putting him and other men at risk.
Despite political peril, Obamacare business is brisk in California, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Colorado.
Some health problems that senior citizens blame on “growing old” are actually signs of a more serious issue that can be treated.
Investigators claim drugmaker employees met in secret at restaurants, golf outings and at “Girls Night Out” to raise generic drug prices.
The CEO of the group’s state organization, Kathy Kneer, says private donations can’t cover the potential loss of federal money for reproductive health services.
A deadly superbug has been linked to at least four deaths and nine other cases in the U.S. and has spread across the globe in just six years.
Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found more bronze and gold offerings off the exchange and better out-of-network options. But there are no subsidies.
Consumers who feel they pay too much for skimpy coverage may welcome Donald Trump’s changes to the health law, but those who are sick are deeply worried.
The insurer is on the hook for $25 million in refunds to about 240,000 enrollees with employer coverage.
Voters across the country also considered a variety of health policy questions as they decided state ballot measures.
Other insurers complain that Blue Cross Blue Shield plans have bloated overhead costs and reap too much from the Obamacare risk-adjustment fund, paid for by insurers. The companies deny it.
Testing people — especially pregnant women — who may have been exposed to the virus is an integral part of the response strategy, but it’s putting a strain on this part of the nation’s public health infrastructure. New congressional funding could change that.
Drugmakers have brought almost 450 orphan drugs to market and collected rich incentives but nearly a third of those products aren’t new or were repurposed multiple times, an investigation shows.
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