John Kasich and six other governors of both parties sent a letter to Senate leaders saying the health plan passed by the House, which is similar to the Senate plan, 'calls into question coverage for the vulnerable and fails to provide the necessary resources to ensure that no one is...
Health insurers live and die by political whim as well as market forces. Republicans, having stymied the laws original policy meant to cushion health plan losses, are now ready to come through with billions of dollars to put them on a solid footing.
A once-rare mosquito-borne virus called Zika is spreading rapidly through the Americas since arriving in Brazil last May. Its potential link to birth defects has health officials concerned.
An analysis in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that in some countries, poor people aren't necessarily as unhealthy as you'd think--at least compared to U.S. poor.
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