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Interest in medical schools is high in Puerto Rico, but many students look to the U.S. mainland for residencies because of higher pay and the commonwealth's declining economy. The migration of young talent is both a symptom and an exacerbation of the island’s medical woes.
Health insurers must submit initial rates to California’s exchange on Monday, but confusion persists over core elements of the current health law.
Doctors and drug developers have a stake in making cancer treatments seem better than they really are.
Before the federal health law guarantee that consumers cannot be turned down because of their medical history, it was difficult to balance insurers’ needs to make a profit and individuals’ needs for coverage.
A critical shortage of home health care workers across the U.S. is denying care for senior citizens and people with disabilities.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sparked discord at his meeting with his district's voters Monday when he suggested churches, schools and families are best able to handle the opioid epidemic rather than the federal government.
With high drug prices creating widespread controversy, top pharmaceutical companies and their trade group vastly increased their lobbying spending on Capitol Hill.
Two companies that faced criticism for high-priced drugs, Marathon and Mallinckrodt, have dropped out of the PhRMA trade association.
The federal health law requires most insurance plans to offer 10 specific categories of essential benefits. Conservatives would like to get rid of that rule in the hopes of bringing down premium costs.
An NIH-funded network of hospitals uses advanced genetic science and nationwide collaboration to diagnose rare and sometimes undiscovered diseases.
Led by Pfizer and Amgen, about 10 health care firms contributed to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, which earned them entry into private events with the president and vice president.
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The nonprofit Leapfrog Group shows nearly half of California hospitals got a grade of C, D or F in patient safety measures — an increase from two years ago.
A University of Southern California professor says conservatives and liberals should split the difference: Scrap the exchanges and expand Medicaid.
In a region where bears outnumber people, a small medical facility sets a modern example for rural hospitals on life support.
Such efforts have previously failed in the face of opposition from the drug industry, which questions their effectiveness and contends prices reflect research and development costs.
Amplifying the "patient voice," those with the rarest afflictions are trained to become powerful advocates for new drugs and legislation that would help the industry.
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