Healthy California, a bill wending its way through the California legislature, could pave the way...
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Commercial health insurance unreliable, costly
With President Trump and the GOP working to end health care coverage available under the Affordable...
Nevada legislature wants Medicaid for all
Sarah Kliff reports for Vox that Nevada is close to enacting a Medicaid for all law. The...
Maryland law protects people from prescription drug price-gouging
With more than one in five Americans today not filling their prescriptions because of the...
“Right to try” experimental drugs is bad deal for...
It sounds like a good idea. Patients who are terminally ill would be allowed to ask pharmaceutical...
Medicare Advantage plans bilking Medicare
Since its inception in 2002, Medicare Advantage, a program that allows private health insurers to...
Can we get to improved Medicare for all?
Regardless of political persuasion, most Americans want Congress to expand Medicare to every...
Help for caregivers who leave their jobs
Millions of caregivers leave their jobs to care for a loved one at some time in their careers...
The Zen of swimming
“It’s a wonderful world out there, swimming back and forth in the calming waters. Instead of...
Programs for vulnerable Americans on chopping block
President Trump has released his budget, and it puts programs for vulnerable Americans on the...