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California Governor Proposes Bold Plan to Create State Generic Drug Label
The proposals would lower prescription drug costs, increase access to health coverage, and restrict and tax vaping.
Overdose Deaths Among People Over 55 Increased 17-Fold Between 1999 and 2017
Drug overdoses among boomers are at record-breaking levels -- and they're still rising.
Clinton Says Sanders Achieved “Nothing.” My Community Clinic Shows She’s Wrong.
Bernie Sanders’s push to expand community health centers has touched millions of lives, including mine.
In Historic Shift, US’s Second-Largest Physician Group Endorses Medicare for All
The American College of Physicians represents 159,000 doctors of internal medicine nationwide.
States Can’t Protect Themselves From the Harmful Effects of ACA Repeal
The Trump administration and 18 state attorneys general are asking courts to declare the entire ACA unconstitutional.
More States Are Reconsidering Medicaid Work Requirements
Several states have decided not to take Medicaid coverage away from people who don’t meet work requirements.
Study: Medicare for All Could Save $600 Billion Annually on Bureaucratic Waste
Administrative costs amounted to 34.2 percent of national health expenditures in 2017.
Trump EPA’s Proposed “Secret Science” Rule Directly Threatens Children’s Health
The proposed rule would drastically limit the scientific and medical research the EPA can draw on to make policy.
Hospitals Are Seizing Patients’ Homes and Wages for Overdue Bills
Hospitals say they see more and more patients who can’t pay, even with insurance, as medical costs rise.
When Auto Plants Close, Opioid-Related Deaths Rise
Researchers found higher rates of opioid deaths in counties that had an automotive assembly plant closure.