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Health care, Supreme Court on agenda as Congress returns Associated Press/The Big Story Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court […]

Deadly U.S. heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study Reuters The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency […]

Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker New York Times As a medical resident working 30-hour shifts, I quickly came to cherish those rare moments when I could duck out […]

New patient group focuses on drug prices amid bipartisan concern USA Today A new patient advocacy group launches Wednesday that distinguishes itself by focusing only on drug prices and eschewing […]

GOP health plan: Lower costs, better care, or road to ruin? Albany Times Union/AP Top House Republicans say their outline for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law is a […]

Trump says he’ll submit healthcare reforms in early or mid-March Reuters President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would be submitting planned reforms to the Affordable Care Act in early […]

U.S. healthcare costs to escalate over next decade: government agency Reuters The cost of medical care in the United States is expected to grow at a faster clip over the […]

Insurer Anthem Fires Back at Cigna New York Times Health insurers Anthem and Cigna are now trading lawsuits instead of working together to salvage a shaky $48-billion buyout agreement. Read […]

Angry Town Hall Meetings on Health Care Law, and Few Answers New York Times Michelle Roelandts had a question for her congressman: If the Affordable Care Act and its premium […]

With eye on Obamacare, Price takes helm as U.S. health secretary Reuters Tom Price was sworn in as U.S. secretary of health on Friday, putting in place a determined opponent […]