10 Years Later, Americans Still Split on Obamacare
Nearly 10 years after its passage, the landmark health care legislation commonly called Obamacare continues to divide Americans according to a new poll.
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Hospitals Sue to Block Disclosure of Treatment Costs
Several hospital groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday in an effort to keep their procedure prices secret as health care costs – and profits – continue to rise.
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Biden Renews Attack on Rivals Over Health Care
Joe Biden is taking aim at Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren during an eight-day tour of Iowa that the former vice president hopes will help him gain ground in the state that holds the first presidential caucus.
Read moreUS Makes HIV-Prevention Drug Free to Uninsured
The Trump administration announced Tuesday a plan that offers free access to PrEP, the daily pill regimen that prevents HIV infection among users who have not yet contracted the disease.
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Dying Too Young: Deaths Spike Among Working-Age US Adults
More Americans are dying while still in the prime working years of the lives, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Read moreSecurities Fraud
The SEC sued four former executives of Outcome Health in federal court — CEO Rishi Shah, president Shradha Agarwal, CFO Brad Purdy and executive VP Ashik Desai — claiming they helped raise $487 million through “a simple and pervasive fraud: Outcome was routinely billing clients — and recognizing revenue — for ads it never ran.”
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Doctors: Assange at Risk of Dying in Prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who’s being held in a maximum-security prison in London while fighting extradition to the United States, is in such poor physical and mental health that he could die in prison, a group of doctors is warning.
Read moreAttorneys Spar Over Trump’s Anti-Immigration Proclamation
President Trump’s proclamation barring the entry of immigrants who don’t have health care is an illegal abuse of presidential authority and a federal judge should prevent it from taking effect at the end of the month, attorneys argued Friday.
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Medicare Drug Program Can Steer Seniors to Higher Costs
Medicare’s revamped prescription plan finder can steer unwitting seniors to coverage that costs much more than they need to pay, according to people who help with sign-ups and program experts.
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Imminent Fifth Circuit Ruling Could Gut Affordable Care Act
With the fate of millions of Americans’ health insurance hanging in the balance, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is due to rule in a bellwether case that could gut the Affordable Care Act after Congress removed the individual mandate tax penalty two years ago.
Read more2nd Judge Blocks Trump Administration ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Workers
A federal judge blocked a Trump administration “conscience rule” late Tuesday that would have expanded protections for health care workers with religious objections to certain medical procedures, just two days before it was set to take effect.
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Ten Democratic Hopefuls Set to Square Off in Georgia
Ten Democratic presidential candidates are set to clash in the fifth primary debate Wednesday night in Atlanta, putting the focus of the race on a state seen as a potentially crucial battleground in 2020.
Read moreFirst National-Scale ACA Fraud Case Makes Waves in Connecticut
Federal prosecutors on Friday touted the indictment of a California man as the “first of its kind” involving large-scale fraudulent enrollments of people in plans under the federal health care law.
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New Rules Require Transparency in Health Care Prices
The Trump administration announced new rules Friday that would require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual cost of common medical procedures.
Read moreWarren Envisions Slow Rollout of Medicare for All
About two weeks after announcing her plan to provide Medicare for All without raising middle-class taxes, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren explained Friday how she intends to launch that new health care system.
Read moreButtigieg Calls for Higher Wages and Lower Health Care Costs
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday laid out an agenda for the American economy designed to boost the middle class through a higher minimum wage, tax credits, education assistance and investments in affordable housing and health care.
Read moreStates Defeat Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to let medical workers refuse services, including abortions, based on their religious beliefs and moral objections.
Read moreStudy: Obamacare Repeal Would Widen Economic Divide
With the legal battle over the Affordable Care Act now before a federal appeals court, a new study says repealing the law would deepen the divide between the have and have-nots: Wealthy Americans would receive billions in tax cuts, while poor people would lose their health insurance subsidies.
Read moreOklahoma High Court Blocks Ban on Common Abortion Method
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a controversial law outlawing a second-trimester abortion procedure that critics call cruel dismemberment of a fetus but advocates say is the safest and most common method after about three months of pregnancy.
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