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HOSPITAL OPERATORS IN MERGER TALKS TO FORM U.S. INDUSTRY LEADER
Ascension Health and Providence St. Joseph Health are in talks about a merger between the two Catholic non-profits that would create the largest U.S. hospital... READ MORE›
UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
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›
HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT CONTINUE IN RED ZONE PROVIDERS LEADER WARNS
Chris Hopson, speaking at the NHS Providers annual conference, said UK health spending was ?900 less per person than Germany... READ MORE›
CONSUMERS PAY INSURERS' ANNUAL OBAMACARE FEES
The health insurance industry's initial required payment, for the 2014 calendar year, was 8 billion... 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›
IT WILL BE A TALE OF 2 COUNTRIES AS OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS
A dozen states, including Washington, operate their own health insurance marketplaces, maintaining control over advertising and the help they can offer consumers... READ MORE›
CVS-AETNA DEAL COULD MEAN END OF ERA IN HOW DRUGS ARE PAID FOR
A merger of CVS and Aetna would create a health-care behemoth and put huge pressure on standalone players such as Express Scripts Holding Co... 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›
U.S. INSURER ANTHEM SAYS OBAMACARE BUSINESS IMPROVING; STOCK JUMPS
Anthem said on Tuesday it will acquire America's 1st Choice, a privately held for-profit Medicare Advantage company, expanding its presence in Florida... 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›
HIGHMARK'S ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK ANNOUNCES $1B EXPANSION
Highmark Health had previously announced 315 million it's spending on a new cancer institute at its flagship Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and facilities in Erie... READ MORE›
DON'T BLAME YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUR RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS
Health insurance Don't blame young people for your rising premiums... 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›
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›
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›
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›
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PREGNANCY TO COST 425% MORE UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH PLAN COMPARED TO OBAMACARE
Pregnancy to cost 425 percent more under Donald Trump's health plan compared to Obamacare... READ MORE›
ONLY 12% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE SENATE HEALTH CARE PLAN
Poll Only 12 percent of Americans support the Senate health care plan... 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›
HOUSE REPUBLICANS COULD FOIL OBAMACARE REPLACEMENT
Ohio Gov. John Kasich House Republicans could foil Obamacare replacement... 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›
ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
ACCESS TO NATURE REDUCES DEPRESSION AND OBESITY, FINDS EUROPEAN STUDY
Overall, nature is an under-recognised healer, the paper says, offering multiple health benefits from allergy reductions to increases in self-esteem and mental wellbeing... READ MORE›
'DEFEND NHS WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT', CORBYN URGES DEMONSTRATORS
Tens of thousands protest against further funding cuts to health service and social care at march through central London... READ MORE›
BIG CORPORATE MONEY OPPOSES SINGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL
California Health Care Bill Big Corporate Money Opposes Single-Payer Proposal... READ MORE›
TRUMP URGES INSURERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO 'SAVE AMERICANS FROM OBAMACARE'
At a meeting with health insurance CEOs, Trump talked about Obamacare's failures... 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›
PERSPECTIVE | SHOULD HEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES?
Spreading the costs so that healthy people pay more than their own care likely will warrant in a given year is one option... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... 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›
NHS WORKERS URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SEPSIS AND TREAT WITHIN AN HOUR
This quality standard highlights priorities in the continued fight to improve sepsis care... 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›
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›
APPLE'S HEALTH TECH TAKES EARLY LEAD AMONG TOP HOSPITALS
"TIMING RIGHT" Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans has been working with Apple and Epic Systems, Ochsner's medical records vendor, to roll out a pilot program for high-risk patients... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT ORDERS YEARLY STUDY OF 'AVOIDABLE' HOSPITAL DEATHS
The independent health secretary jeremy hunt orders annual review of avoidable deaths in nhs hospitals 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
INDIAN-AMERICAN SURGEON GENERAL ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Murthy has been replaced by Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, who is the current Deputy Surgeon General... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE EXPLODING? MAYBE JUST A SLOW BURN
After the failed Republican effort to push through the bill, insurers are looking at changes to help 2018, America's Health Insurance Plans spokeswoman Kristine Grow said... READ MORE›
FACT CHECK: TRUMP AND TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS
On June 30, the Defense Department under Trump delayed the start date for accepting transgender service members until Jan. 1, 2018... 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›
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›