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Massachusetts regulators warn of out-of-control health care costs
Massachusetts regulators delivered one of their most forceful warnings yet that health care prices are spiraling out of control, ramping up the pressure on lawmakers who have been unable to wrangle the trend and fulfill a consensus…
Tune in to POLITICO’s Health Care Summit
Becerra is headlining today's POLITICO Health Care Summit. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
POLITICO’s Health Care Summit is happening — now — and you still have time to tune in for the day’s biggest newsmakers:— Rep.…
Appeals court weighs nationwide freeze of Obamacare’s coverage mandate
Their suit also claims the Obamacare requirement for insurance to cover the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill used to prevent transmission of HIV — known as PrEP — violates the religious rights of the challengers. In their legal briefs,…
Appeals court to hear arguments on ObamaCare case
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily paused Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision until a panel could hear oral arguments on whether the stay should be continued during the appeals process. The Biden…
NY congressmen boost Healthcare Fairness for Military Families Act
SAUGERTIES - Two local congressmen and one former member of the House of Representatives joined forces Saturday to voice support for the Healthcare Fairness for Military Families Act.It's the latest attempt to correct what former Hudson…
To Protect Trans Health Care, We Need to Fight Bigotry — and Win Medicare for
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Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All
“It’s this sort of dread that hangs over me,” says D. “The fact that medical care — even if I can pay for it — might just simply be denied me.”
As a…
Does Medicare cover Ozempic? | WGN-TV
(NerdWallet) – Ozempic, a medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes, has gone viral as a weight loss drug.
The #ozempic hashtag has over a billion views on TikTok, and more people are searching the web for Ozempic than for insulin,…
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Reports Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack |
On May 24, 2023, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after learning that a recent ransomware attack resulted in over 2.5 million…
States sue FEMA over flood insurance rate hikes : NPR
Floodwater surrounds a house on Sept. 1, 2021, in Jean Lafitte, La. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a…
Breaking Down the Health Care Impact of the Fiscal Responsibility Act |
The Fiscal Responsibility Act, the product of intense negotiations between the White House and House Republican leadership, suspends the debt limit and outlines government spending cuts.
The legislation cleared its first hurdle on…