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Bipartisan group of governors calls for swift CHIP reauthorization The Hill A bipartisan group of governors is urging Congress to act quickly to reauthorize funding for the Children’s Health Insurance […]

Hospital operators in merger talks to form U.S. industry leader: WSJ Reuters Ascension Health and Providence St. Joseph Health are in talks about a merger between the two Catholic non-profits […]

U.S. healthcare spending growth slowed in 2016 Reuters Growth in healthcare spending in the United States slowed in 2016 following two years of expansion under the Affordable Care Act, a […]

The CHIP Program Is Beloved. Why Is Its Funding in Danger? New York Times Laquita Gardner, a sales manager at a furniture rental store here, was happy to get a […]

Healthcare prices hard to find online Reuters Reuters Health – Consumers who search online for prices of common medical procedures may be disappointed by what they find, a U.S. study […]

CVS Health to acquire Aetna for $69 billion in year’s largest acquisition Reuters U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire U.S. […]

Why closing hospitals and cutting staff won’t save NYC’s public hospital system City & State The devastating Medicaid and Medicare cuts that could be imposed as a result of the […]

In Trump health secretary pick, Dems have questions but hope AP News President Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary is a former pharmaceutical company executive who already has drawn heat […]

Heated And Deep-Pocketed Battle Erupts Over 340B Drug Discount Program Washington Post A 25-year-old federal drug discount program has grown so big and controversial that it faces a fight for […]