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Drug Makers Play the Patent Game to Lock in Prices, Block Competitors
No industry gets a greater financial return from its patent strategy than pharmaceuticals.
Trump Plans to Shut Down Healthcare.gov Repeatedly During Sign-Up Period
The website will be taken offline for maintenance nearly every Sunday during this enrollment period.
Hepatitis C Patients Are Being Forced Into Underground Buyers’ Clubs
Access to medication and treatment is a huge issue for hepatitis patients in the United States.
Want to Help After a Disaster? Consider Waiting a Bit
Needs are often as big or even greater long after a disaster than in its immediate aftermath.
With Primaries Over, Advocates Fight to Keep Single-Payer in Spotlight
Keeping the fight for health care as a human right front and center in the general election is an uphill battle.
Antibiotics Still Used Excessively on US Farms Despite Superbug Crisis
New rules were supposed to curtail use of antibiotics in farm animals, but major companies continue to overuse them.
Immigrants’ Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay for Their Care
Immigrants subsidize -- rather than drain -- the health care system.
Threat to Obamacare Turns Up the Heat on Attorney General Races
Republican attorneys general across the country are poised to make good on the GOP promise to repeal Obamacare.
California’s “Pro-Choice” Governor Vetoes Abortion Access Bill
Pro-choice legislators often don't understand the lives or needs of those who seek abortion care.
“Contraception Deserts” Likely to Widen Under New Trump Administration Policy
New rules will promote and direct federal dollars to clinics that do not offer condoms, hormones, IUDs or abortion.