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The Trump administration on Friday finalized a regulation that defines gender as a person’s biological sex, reversing an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.
President Trump took action Tuesday to limit out-of-pocket expenses for some seniors who take insulin for diabetes, his latest in a series of moves this month to protect older Americans as polls show his support in the key voting group slipping during the coronavirus crisis.
A half-dozen union leaders banded together Friday to support Medicare for All, looking to spackle over the contentious issue between organized labor and left-wing Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernard Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota took several swipes at her 2020 rivals at over health care, saying at the eighth Democratic presidential debate that the academic debate they’re supposedly having on the issue isn’t “real.”
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will not fast-track a case over the legality of Obamacare, likely putting the issue off until its next term.
Goaded by a 2020 rival, President Trump threw health care back into the spotlight Monday by falsely claiming he “saved” a popular part of Obamacare and promising to offer the best-ever health coverage if voters back him in November.
Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday said that his “Medicare for All” plan will create more jobs in health care than it will end up costing.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of blue states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to take up and resolve a case that argues Obamacare is no longer constitutional because Congress zeroed out the law’s tax penalty for shirking insurance.
President Trump claims that he made a dent in one of America’s thorniest problems — runaway prescription drug prices — and he is eyeing bigger wins on that front heading into 2020.
Federal officials said Friday the wave of vaping-related lung problems that killed more than 50 people and hospitalized thousands this year is “strongly linked” to a sticky substance used to dilute products with THC, a psychoactive chemical in cannabis.
Putting his stamp on the top issue for Democratic voters, Michael Bloomberg on Thursday unveiled a health care plan that would expand coverage and cut people’s costs by building on the current system, not replacing it.
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren spars with rivals Thursday in a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, she could be pulling some of her punches when it comes to championing “Medicare for All.”
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate runs afoul of the Constitution now that it is no longer a tax.
Congress is poised to approve a spending deal that would raise the purchasing age for tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21, repeal major Obamacare taxes and forbid President Trump from deploying “nuclear options” that would kneecap the Democrats’ prized health law.
The Trump administration said Monday it will give Obamacare customers until midweek to sign up for 2020 health coverage after a series of weekend computer glitches made it hard for shoppers to beat the deadline.
Kim Motl doesn’t work in the health insurance industry. But her friends and neighbors do. So when she saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Motl pressed the Democratic presidential candidate about her “Medicare for All” plan, which would replace private insurance with a government-run system.
House Democrats teed up a Thursday vote on their contentious drug-pricing bill by appealing to Republicans’ loyalty to President Trump, saying the effort echoes his 2016 rhetoric on government negotiation and his push to align prices with other countries’.
Almost 10% of medical school students each year do not get a hospital residency, leaving thousands without the required training to work as physicians and contributing to a growing shortage of doctors in the U.S., medical education professionals say.
President Trump on Monday endorsed a bipartisan compromise to tackle “surprise” medical bills that stun patients who are treated by doctors who happen to be out of their insurance networks.
Whether because impeachment or in spite of it, Congress is teed up for a series of bipartisan wins this month, proving that even the acrimony of trying to remove President Trump from office does not mean he can’t work with them.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told Americans who lost family members to the opioids crisis that President Trump “will not rest or relent” in the fight against addiction, from cracking down on drug cartels to keeping a stream of money flowing from Congress.
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday released a plan his campaign said is intended to secure health “equity” and combat systemic discrimination in the U.S. health care system.
More voters back a government-run “public option” for health care over a national “Medicare-for-All,” according to a new survey released Wednesday.
The far-left group that helped give rise to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has flip-flopped on “Medicare for All” in the 2020 Democratic presidential race purely for political reasons.
It all started with a small cut on Rick Bright’s thumb, leaving what looked like a small white pimple on his finger.
A federal judge Wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide abortions and other procedures that violate their religious beliefs.
Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday predicted that the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee will ultimately support building on Obamacare, rather than eliminating private insurance in favor of a single-payer system.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out a plan to pay for “Medicare for All” that she says will not raise “taxes a penny on middle-class families” — pushing back against the critics who pressured her to be more upfront about the cost of her proposal, and challenging her rivals to prove they have something better to offer.
Oregon may drop its glitch-laden Obamacare exchange and rely on the federally run HealthCare.gov website instead, according to a new report.
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The Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.
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President Obama speaks about the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va.
