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'All Bark And No Bite': Trump Holds Prescription Drug-Pricing Order In Search Of Deal
It's been two weeks since the president signed an executive order to put "America First" on drug prices. But pharmaceutical companies aren't ready to negotiate. -
Mass. Joins State Compact Pursuing Rapid Antigen Tests, Citing 'Severe' Shortages
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Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite Resistance From Republican Leaders
Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure. -
Study: Nursing Home Residents Not Protected From Antipsychotic Drugs Under Trump
Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs each week, even though most have no psychosis to justify it. But since the beginning… -
A Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Was Headed For A Wheelchair. Then Gene Therapy Arrived
This is the story of a fatal genetic disease, a tenacious scientist and a family that never lost hope.Conner Curran was 4 years old when he was diagnosed… -
Another Problem On The Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out Of Money
Everyone involved even tangentially in health care today is completely consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, as they should be. But the pandemic is… -
Rule Change Gives Laid-Off Workers More Time To Sign Up For COBRA Insurance
People who lose their job-based health plan usually get 60 days to decide to continue it — and pay more — under federal rules. But a recent pandemic-related rule change allows more decision time. -
Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions
Forty Americans die every day from overdoses linked to prescription opioids, but researchers say many doctors and dentists still have a "prescribe and forget" attitude toward the medications. -
French Health Care Workers Given A Raise, Honored On Bastille Day
France has agreed to give its health care workers a pay raise in thanks for their efforts to contain COVID-19.After seven weeks of negotiations between… -
The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change The Way America Pays For Health Care
The nation's current fee-for-service method of paying for health care has taken a hit during COVID-19.
