Arizona, California Cases Push US Tally of New Virus to 5
The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all among people who traveled to the city at the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday.
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Democrats Move to Roll Back Virginia Abortion Laws
Virginia Democrats on Wednesday advanced bills that would get rid of abortion restrictions like the requirement that ultrasounds be performed prior to the procedure, the first step in their effort to undo so-called TRAP laws.
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EU Adviser Slams Drugmaker Over Pay-for-Delay Deals
Paying to delay the production of generic drugs violates European Union competition regulations, an adviser to the EU’s highest court said Wednesday.
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High Court Refuses to Fast-Track Obamacare Appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the House of Representatives and a coalition of mostly Democrat-led states to fast-track review of Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act.
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Top Texas Officials Urge Court to Keep Baby on Life Support
Texas’ governor and attorney general asked a state appeals court Friday to stop a hospital from removing an 11-month-old girl from life support over the objections of her mother, arguing the state’s 10-day rule is unconstitutional.
Read moreNew Liver Transplant Policy Cleared to Go Despite Pending Court Battle
The Department of Health and Human Services can enforce a new national policy governing the allocation of donated livers to transplant patients while a lawsuit challenging the policy is pending in federal court, a federal court judge in Georgia ruled Thursday.
Read moreCalifornia Public Health Agency Can’t Duck Federal Lawsuit
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that California’s byzantine public health bureaucracy must face a lawsuit by elderly Medi-Cal patients claiming it fails to enforce laws prohibiting nursing homes from dumping them into hospitals to free up space for more profitable residents.
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Study: Universal Health Care in US Will Save Money
While often decried as an unaffordable foray into socialism, a single-payer health care system would, if implemented in the United States, bring overall health care costs down over time – possibly in as early as the first year, according to a new study.
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Poll: Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Wealth Inequality
A majority of Americans believe there is too much economic inequality in the U.S., the Pew Research Center reported Thursday, but most say lowering health care costs is a higher priority.
Read moreRepublicans Relentless in Attacking Obamacare Mandate
The repeal of an unpopular fine for people without health insurance has had little impact on Obamacare sign-ups or premiums, a gap between the real world and legal arguments from conservatives still challenging the Affordable Care Act.
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Study Finds AI Tech Improves Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
It’s no sci-fi surgery robot, but brain cancer patients could soon find themselves in the operating room with an electronic doctor.
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Blue States Ask High Court to Decide Fate of Obamacare
The House of Representatives plus a group of 20 mostly Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia asked the Supreme Court on Friday to hear a case over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, following a Fifth Circuit ruling that struck down the law’s individual mandate.
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Judge Rules Texas Hospital Can Take Baby Off Life Support
A Texas judge ruled Thursday a hospital can remove an 11-month-old girl from life support over the objections of her mother, based on the state’s 10-day rule.
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Jury Awards $4 Million to Disney Cruise Line Worker
A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4 million from the company based on her claim that she got inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of call.
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Three Years in, Still No Plan to Replace Obamacare
As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.”
Read moreSutter Health to Pay $575M to Settle California Antitrust Suit
Northern California’s largest health care provider on Friday agreed to pay $575 million to settle antitrust and price gouging claims, capping a five-year legal fight with an influential union and the state.
Read moreJudge OKs $85M Health Benefits Settlement for Ex-UC Lab Workers
A California judge on Friday signed off on an $84.5 million settlement between the University of California and a class of former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees in a deal that will secure lifetime health care benefits for roughly 9,000 retirees, their spouses and dependents.
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Obamacare Individual Mandate
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday sided with Republican opponents of the Affordable Care Act, finding that the individual mandate tax penalty zeroed out by Congress two years ago is unconstitutional, but it declined to invalidate the entire law.
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Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Hospitalized During Prison Term
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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US Proposes New Rules to Increase Organ Transplants
The U.S. government proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants — steps to make it easier for the living to donate and to make sure that organs from the deceased don’t go to waste.
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