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Why it’s so hard to find a medical marijuana doc in New York Crain’s New York Business New York doctors are signing up to recommend medical marijuana more quickly than […]

Martin Shkreli All but Gloated Over Huge Drug Price Increases, Memos Show New York Times Martin Shkreli anticipated huge profits from raising the price of a decades-old drug for an […]

N.Y.’s chief doctor dispenses advice on Zika virus Albany Times Union/Blog With nine New Yorkers confirmed to have cases of Zika virus and more asking their doctors about testing, state […]

N.Y.’s chief doctor dispenses advice on Zika virus Albany Times Union/Blog With nine New Yorkers confirmed to have cases of Zika virus and more asking their doctors about testing, state […]

Drug Shortages Forcing Hard Decisions on Rationing Treatments New York Times In the operating room at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Brian Fitzsimons has long relied on a decades-old drug to […]

Community groups worry about being left out of Medicaid reform Capital New York Anthony Feliciano is popular these days. He is the director for the Commission on the Public’s Health […]

Health exchange losses prompt concerns Albany Times Union/Blog This is from my colleague Claire Hughes who reports that Standard & Poors is out with a report indicating that the Health […]

Agency head skips budget hearing and lawmakers pounce Crain’s New York Business The state Department of Financial Services, which regulates health insurance in New York, skipped a state budget hearing […]

Republicans Say Government Mismanaged Health Care Co-ops New York Times Republican senators charged Thursday that the Obama administration had missed warning signs of financial distress at nonprofit health insurance cooperatives […]

State fines HealthNow $750,000 for insurance law violation Buffalo Business News State insurance regulators have fined Buffalo-based HealthNow New York $750,000 for improperly denying coverage to small groups of fewer […]