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VA Expands Vets' Access To Private Care But Gives No Plan To Pay For It
The VA has published new rules on how it will spend billions of dollars on private health care. Proponents say it will give veterans more choices - others fear it's a move toward privatization. -
Pharmaceutical Company CEOs Face Grilling in Senate Over High Drug Prices
Senators called pharmaceutical industry leaders to account for the high costs of medicine during Senate testimony. The executives deflected blame to insurance companies and middlemen. -
Cat Bites The Hand That Feeds; Hospital Bills $48,512
An animal lover stopped to feed a hungry-looking stray cat outside Everglades National Park in Florida. The cat bit her finger; then treatment for a possible rabies infection bit her pocketbook. -
Congress Mulls Cap On What Medicare Enrollees Pay For Drugs
With health care a top issue for American voters, Congress may actually be moving toward doing something this year to address the high cost of prescription drugs. -
Trump Administration Proposes Sweeping Changes To Federal Family Planning Program
Any organization that provides or refers patients for abortions will be ineligible for Title X funding to cover STD prevention, cancer screenings and contraception. -
CVS Looks To Make Its Drugstores A Destination For Health Care
With almost 10,000 stores across the country, CVS says it is already where consumers are. The company is transforming some of its stores and their retail clinics into hubs for a wider range of care. -
Insurers Hand Out Cash And Gifts To Sway Brokers Who Sell Employer Health Plans
Independent brokers help employers choose health benefits for their staff, but are paid by the health insurance industry, creating financial incentives to sell more without regard to cost. -
White House Plan To Stop HIV Faces A Tough Road In Oklahoma
Trump's plan includes a focus on fighting HIV in the rural Midwest and South. But there are doubts in Oklahoma, where the state's uninsured rate and stigmatization of HIV are high. -
'Medicare For All': What’s It Mean, And Is It Possible?
Although it’s been proposed for years by some health care reform advocates, "Medicare For All" is gaining new steam as the race for 2020 heats up. -
In A Measles Outbreak, Demand For Vaccine Spikes
Clinics in the Pacific Northwest are ordering ten times the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella as they normally do because some who have avoided vaccines are changing their minds.
