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Medicare-for-All Would Be Costly for Everyone Bloomberg Op-Ed Enthusiasm for expanding the government health-insurance program for the elderly to cover all U.S. citizens is growing among Democratic political hopefuls. Read […]

State spent second-highest amount in nation on health care, new study finds Watertown Daily Times Among the 50 states, New York spent the second-highest amount of money on health care […]

Trump readies new round of controversial Medicaid changes Politico The Trump administration is preparing to let conservative-led states impose additional restrictions on the nation’s health program for the poor that […]

States Leverage Federal Funds To Help Insurers Lower Premiums Kaiser Health News When Tracy Deis decided in 2016 to transition from a full-time job to part-time contract work, the loss […]

Federal court lets New York slash funding to some health insurers and give it to others Crain’s New York Business A federal court ruled today that the state Department of […]

The perils of single-payer health care in New York State Newsday Editorial The New York Health Act, which would launch state-financed single-payer health care in New York, has passed in […]

FACT CHECK: Sanders spins savings in Medicare plan ABC News Sen. Bernie Sanders is skimming over the facts in claiming that his “Medicare for all” plan will lead to big […]

Trump’s Short-Term Health Insurance Policies Quickly Run Into Headwinds New York Times The Trump administration’s efforts to allow health insurers to market short-term medical plans as a cheap alternative to […]

Welcome to the New Health-Care Debate Bloomberg America’s health-care debate is entering a new phase. Liberals, inspired by self-described socialists such as Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative-to-be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are […]

Use of prescription opioids in U.S. remains high Reuters Use of prescription opioids remains high in the U.S., despite public health efforts and growing awareness of risks for abuse and […]