In a long-promised order spurred by concerns over disruptions to global supply chains, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at boosting domestic production of critical drugs and medical supplies.
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A group of chiropractors and a patient referral service argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday that Ohio’s restrictions on contacting people involved in car accidents are unconstitutional infringements on commercial speech.
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New research released Friday shows that frontline health care workers are three times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 despite the use of personal protective equipment.
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Cameron Settles was swabbed for Covid-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results.
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Hundreds of Democratic delegates, mostly in support of Senator Bernie Sanders, have pledged to boycott the party’s national platform if it does not include single-payer health care, setting up a likely showdown between the party’s progressive and moderate branches just three weeks before the convention.
Read moreFederal prosecutors unsealed a massive lawsuit accusing Rockport Healthcare Support Services, Brius LLC, LTA Cista Healthcare and Wellness Centre of making false and illegal claims in dozens of skilled nursing facilities in California.
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Paying lip service to an issue often trumpeted by his campaign, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday aimed at driving down drug prices, with little chance of enforcement before Election Day.
Read moreVarious cities in West Virginia failed to prove that pain treatment standards approved by a nonprofit health care accrediting organization caused the “widespread societal ills and costs” associated with the opioid crisis, a federal court in the state ruled.
Read moreAn emergency regulation in New York limiting “risk adjustment funding” for health care insurers was preempted by the Affordable Care Act, the Second Circuit ruled.
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Challenging a rule that eliminates antidiscrimination protections in health care for transgender people and women seeking abortions, 22 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday.
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A federal judge in Georgia ruled Monday that a state law outlawing abortions after doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat, usually at about six weeks of pregnancy, is unconstitutional.
Read moreThe Superior Court of San Francisco County denied Sutter Health’s request to delay final approval of a $575 million settlement in a class action antitrust case. The health care provider indicated that it “might oppose approval of the settlement depending on how future events” related to the ongoing pandemic unfold.
Read moreThe South Broward Hospital District dba Memorial Healthcare System claims Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida owes it “tens of millions of dollars” for medical services, in Broward County Court.
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Walloping access rights to free birth control in America, the Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed Trump-ordered exemptions that would let employers deny coverage if they assert moral objections.
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With the coronavirus pandemic pushing the whirlwind conclusion of the Supreme Court’s term into July for the first time since 1996, the justices still must decide a handful of highly anticipated cases, including over Obamacare, religious exceptions to employment laws and access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Read moreOklahoma primary voters Tuesday narrowly approved an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, rejecting arguments by Republican state leaders that the measure will result in deep budget cuts for state agencies.
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Contrasting the effort with the Trump administration’s push to have the Supreme Court invalidate the Affordable Care Act, the House of Representatives on Monday approved an expansion of the law better known as Obamacare.
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A Louisiana abortion law requiring doctors who perform the procedure to have credentials to enter nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision.
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The morning after the Trump administration told the Supreme Court that Obamacare “must fall” without the tax on people who do not purchase health insurance, Democrats offered swift reproof Friday.
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