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CVS HEALTH TO BUY AETNA FOR $69B
A CVS Health-Aetna merger would likely create a behemoth with revenue greater than any other US company except Walmart... READ MORE›
CUSTOMERS DEFY TRUMP ATTACKS TO BUY OBAMACARE, AND VOTE FOR IT
President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have repeatedly said Obamacare is failing, or even dead... READ MORE›
THE FIGHT FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE INTENSIFIES IN CALIFORNIA
For both single-payer advocates and opponents in Sacramento, as well as Washington, the debate is ultimately about far more than health care... READ MORE›
CVS DEAL FOR AETNA COULD HELP RETAILER FACE AMAZON ENTRY
Shares of Aetna, the third-largest U.S. health insurer, closed down 3 percent on Friday after closing 12 percent higher on Thursday on reports of the deal... READ MORE›
CANADA'S HEALTH SYSTEM SERVES AS MODEL FOR SANDERS BUT FACES TROUBLES OF ITS OWN
I think privatisation is a major threat to public health care in Canada, said Natalie Mehra of the Ontario Health Coalition... READ MORE›
CVS-AETNA DEAL GETS WALL STREET THUMBS UP AMID AMAZON ENTRY FEARS
Some analysts said the deal could also trigger a wave of consolidation across the industry... READ MORE›
DEMOCRATS SHOULD ADOPT A SIMPLICITY AGENDA, FROM HEALTH CARE TO RETIREMENT
Medicare for All would dramatically reduce the complexity by creating an easy-to-use health insurance plan that all Americans can trust to cover the care they need... READ MORE›
UNCERTAINTY REIGNS AHEAD OF NEW HEALTH CARE SIGN-UP PERIOD
Its proposal, known as the stopgap measure, would be unlike any other state's health insurance market... READ MORE›
SA'S TRANSFORMING HEALTH PROGRAM FAILS TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS TARGETS, SAYS AUDITOR-GENERAL
Not only did Mr Richardson find Transforming Health's saving targets were not being met, he also found it was not meeting its own clinical standards... READ MORE›
STI WARNING AS CLINICS CLOSE IN LONDON AND SELF-TESTING IS DELAYED
Six long-established sexual health clinics around London have shut in recent months as part of a planned switch from face-to-face consultations to online services... READ MORE›
TRUMP MOVING 'STEP BY STEP' TO TAKE APART OBAMACARE ON HIS OWN
Go to health insurers in the Affordable Care Act to help lower-income people with co-pays and other cost sharing... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS: HOW TRUMP IS UNRAVELING OBAMACARE PIECE BY PIECE
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to health care, President Trump says he's doing the right thing for Americans... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVE ORDER PUSHES ASSOCIATION PLANS
Trump's health insurance order pushes association plans to drive down costs for some... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NEW HEALTH CARE ORDER REFLECTS FRUSTRATIONS WITH CONGRESS
About 17 million people buying individual health insurance policies are the main focus of Trump's order... READ MORE›
TRUMP THREATENS TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN HEALTH CARE BATTLE
While not offering any details, Trump promised to deliver great, great health care for many, many people... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ISSUES ORDER TO LET EMPLOYERS REFUSE NO-COST BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
Employers with religious or moral qualms will also be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others... READ MORE›
TRUMP SEEKS NEW HEALTH CHIEF AFTER TOM PRICE RESIGNS AMID TRAVEL CONTROVERSY
But Price became more of a supporting player in the GOP's futile health care campaign, while Vice-President Mike Pence took the lead, particularly with the Senate... READ MORE›
E-CIGARETTES LESS HARMFUL THAN SMOKING TOBACCO, HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
However, they stressed that using e-cigarettes while still smoking tobacco does not benefit people's health... READ MORE›
READERS ON STATES HAVING CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Does every state government have a secret health care plan like President Trump did?... READ MORE›
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HIRES HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY LOBBYIST TO PUSH OBAMACARE FIXES IN CONGRESS
Brownstein Hyatt also kicked in at least 10,000 for Hickenlooper's inauguration, and contributed to an organization that fought the unsuccessful 2016 single-payer health care ballot initiative in Colorado... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS' SINGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL PUTS SPOTLIGHT BACK ON CALIFORNIA'S SB 562
Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Proposal Puts Spotlight Back On California's SB 562... READ MORE›
TRUMP PROMISES TO VETO BERNIE SANDERS HEALTH CARE BILL THAT WILL NEVER REACH HIS DESK
It's true that the legislation proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining momentum. But don't forget that Congress is still controlled by Republicans... READ MORE›
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BERNIE SANDERS IF TRUMP DOESNT RESCUE OBAMACARE HE MUST ADMIT HES A LIAR
The truth is we shouldn't be debating whether to take health care away from 30 million Americans... READ MORE›
SURGEON GENERAL DISMISSED, REPLACED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Murthy, 39, was the 19th surgeon general of the United States... READ MORE›
MEDICARE FOR ALL SHOULD REPLACE OBAMACARE
Expanding access to health care, as Obamacare does, is only half the job... READ MORE›
SENATE CONFIRMS TOM PRICE AS NEW HEALTH SECRETARY
Republicans see Price as a knowledgeable leader who will help obstructA President Obamas health care policy that extended insurance coverage for millions... READ MORE›
THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›
RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›
BIG CORPORATE MONEY OPPOSES SINGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL
California Health Care Bill Big Corporate Money Opposes Single-Payer Proposal... READ MORE›
GREATER MANCHESTER TO CONTROL ?6BN NHS BUDGET
A shadow Greater Manchester Health and Wellbeing board will be appointed, which will work closely with existing clinical commissioning groups of GPs... READ MORE›
NHS WAITING TIMES 'DRIVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO PRIVATE TREATMENT'
The findings come as health service bosses gather in Manchester for the opening of NHS England's annual two-day NHS Expo... READ MORE›
HEALTHCARE STUDY RANKS AUSTRALIA SECOND BEST IN DEVELOPED WORLD, WHILE US COMES IN LAST
American researchers find Australia's healthcare system is the second best in the developed world with the US' named the worst... READ MORE›
U.S. ONE OF WORLD'S WORST ON HEALTH DIVIDE BETWEEN RICH, POOR
Researchers examining surveys on health and income from people in 32 countries found poor Americans reported worse health than rich U.S. residents in significant numbers... READ MORE›
CLINTON AVOIDED SINGLE-PAYER BALLOT MEASURE, EMAILS SHOW
Hillary Clinton's campaign was no fan of a major ballot measure to create a universal health care system... READ MORE›
AN ECONOMIST DOES THE MATH ON SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
But days later, advocates of a universal health care system in which the government is the single payer got three boosts... READ MORE›
AETNA'S EXIT DEALS BLOW TO OBAMACARE, PATIENTS
Aetna's Obamacare members in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska and Virginia will be unaffected... READ MORE›
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›
TRUMP CAMPAIGN ONCE AGAIN SLAMS CANADIAN HEALTH CARE
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA.--The latest villain of Donald Trump's presidential campaign Canada's health care system... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW MANY TRANS PEOPLE SERVE IN THE U.S. MILITARY
Health care is not the only benefit that trans military personnel would lose if banned from service... READ MORE›
WITH OR WITHOUT OBAMACARE, HEALTH-CARE COSTS ARE BATTERING THE MIDDLE CLASS
I have a lot of people that have enough money to retire in all areas, except they haven't looked at their health insurance costs, he says... READ MORE›
POOR PEOPLE 'JUST DON'T WANT HEALTH CARE,' SAYS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
There is a group of people that just don't want health care and aren't going to take care of themselves, said Rep. Roger Marshall, a doctor... READ MORE›
COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›
TRUMP ORDER PAVES WAY FOR AGENCIES TO WEAKEN HEALTH LAW
But the scope of Trump's order drives home the uncertainties of that process, healthcare experts said... READ MORE›
TRUMP NOMINATES IND DOCTOR FOR SURGEON GENERAL
President Trump on Thursday nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to serve as the next surgeon general... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FIGHT MAY SHOW DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUTURE IN TRUMP ERA
The intensifying health care debate in California most starkly exemplifies the intertwining trends... READ MORE›
HOW TO STOP DRUG PRICES FROM RISING? NEW STUDY POINTS TO SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
U.S. drug prices are so high that the researchers didn't even factor them into the study, focusing instead on other developed countries... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE JUST KILLED MY HEALTH INSURANCE -- AGAIN
Rocky Mountain Health Plans is leaving the individual market in all but one county... READ MORE›
AMERICANS DIE WHEN THEY HAVE TO WORK AT BEING HEALTHY
Access to quality healthcare, the study shows definitively, is often the difference between life or death... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE PLANS WILL BE SOLD IN EVERY U.S. COUNTY NEXT YEAR
Ohio announced Thursday that health insurer CareSource will offer Affordable Care Act coverage next year in Paulding County... READ MORE›
NHS ANNUAL BUDGET RISES UNDER TORIES ARE FRACTION OF PAST INCREASES IFS
Current government plans are consistent with David Cameron's pledge at the 2015 election to increase NHS spending by ?8bn... READ MORE›
SILICON VALLEY IS TRYING TO REINVENT HEALTH CARE, STARTING IN NEW JERSEY
She joined the health care startup Clover Health shortly after it started two years ago... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP READY TO ACCEPT KEY PARTS OF OBAMACARE
In his interview with the Journal, Mr Trump identified health care as one of the top priorities of his administration... READ MORE›