The Justice Department said Thursday that its has settled a 2016 lawsuit against Atrium Health in which it accused the health care giant of colluding with insurers to boost is profits through higher prices.
Read moreThe Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation accuse Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Neuma Healthcare Development and others in a federal RICO complaint of having conspired to use Medicaid dollars to profit off the tribe’s health care clinic.
Read moreA panel of Eighth Circuit judges grappled Tuesday with the question of whether two of the largest health care providers in North Dakota should be allowed to merge amid concerns the deal will result in a monopoly detrimental to patients in the Bismark area.
Read moreTexas’ ban on a common abortion procedure performed during the second trimester of pregnancy came before a Fifth Circuit panel Monday, with arguments focused on the safety of the method and potential alternatives.
Read moreFighting through rancor-filled heckles, former President Barack Obama made a final push for Florida’s Democratic candidates during a Friday speech that decried nationalist rabble-rousing and touted the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreProtection for Dreamers, Obamacare, transgender rights – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has led the GOP’s efforts to topple these cornerstones of Barack Obama’s legacy. But Paxton is in a dogfight with a Democrat who is using his pending criminal charges as the centerpiece of a campaign to unseat him.
Read moreA woman from a small Ohio town whose sister was diagnosed with a hormonal deficiency as a teenager says coverage for pre-existing conditions is driving her decision to vote for a Democratic congressional hopeful this year, along with a desire to see heated political rhetorical toned down.
Read moreAdmitting his candidate isn’t perfect, a union worker in deep-red Missouri says Democrat Claire McCaskill cares about working families and deserves to hold on to her Senate seat in her neck-and-neck battle with the state’s Republican attorney general.
Read moreIn Kansas, the politics of health care may be the dominant factor in determining if the historically red state will turn a shade of blue on Nov. 6.
Read moreLarge majorities of young Americans want to see an expansion of government services, including a single-payer health care program, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV.
Read moreMining giant Asarco brought a federal complaint against eight unions, claiming it has the right to terminate medical and prescription drug benefits “to certain retired employees, who retired on or after January 1, 2007.”
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit signaled Friday it will lift a nationwide preliminary injunction of federal rules to expand employer exemptions for contraception coverage on religious and moral grounds.
Read moreA Trump administration proposal to allows employer to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in the health insurance plans on moral or religious grounds could be finalized at any time, and the uncertainty over when that rule will be finalized is causing concern among civil libertarians.
Read moreLesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California are more likely to delay seeing a doctor or visiting an emergency room even when their insurance coverage rates are similar to those of straight Californians, according to a study published Wednesday.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether a Minnesota mother’s parental rights were violated when her teenager underwent gender transition services without her consent.
Read moreA Wisconsin jury awarded two transgender state employees $780,000 in damages late Wednesday after they were denied medical coverage under the state health insurance plan for transition surgeries.
Read moreThe Justice Department on Wednesday gave its preliminary approval to CVS’s $69 billion purchase of Aetna after the two companies agreed to spin off Aetna’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Anthem of improperly denying claims for emergency services under ERISA plans.
Read morePatient advocates and healthcare groups sued the Trump administration Friday for what they claim is a move to curb health insurance access to people with pre-existing conditions.
Read moreAmericans may be earning slightly more, but U.S Census Bureau data released Wednesday indicate many still struggle to afford basic necessities.
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