On Anniversary of Roe Decision, Biden Tells Congress: 'Let Doctors Do Their Job' Administration promises EMTALA enforcement, better access to birth control Jan 22, 2024
What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Healthcare? A recap of the former president's record on healthcare Jan 21, 2024
Q&A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBene The Washington congresswoman also discusses home dialysis, Medicare cuts Jan 19, 2024
Informatics Expert Presses Congress for Long COVID 'Moonshot' But one senator questioned NIH's progress: agency is "forming committees and praying about it" Jan 19, 2024
Physicians Don't Always Understand the FDA Approval Process, Survey Finds Most preferred two or more randomized trials as evidence required for approval Jan 19, 2024
I Understand Why Defense Secretary Austin Kept His Prostate Cancer Quiet But opening up can help reduce stigma and inform the public Jan 18, 2024
CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses Jan 17, 2024
Kate Middleton Hospitalized; Sen. Paul Urges Prison for Fauci; COVID Back in Class Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 17, 2024
Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Say Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries Jan 16, 2024
Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care Jan 16, 2024
The Sackler Family Can Act Today to Compensate Opioid Overdose Victims But it appears unlikely they will take this course of action Jan 14, 2024
Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections" Jan 11, 2024
Want to Get More Healthcare Bills Passed? Fix the Filibuster, Suggests a Senator Merkley and former aide propose new rules for debating legislation Jan 11, 2024
Dining Out? Check the Bill for a 'Health Insurance' Surcharge Restaurant took heat for adding a 4% surcharge to cover employees' healthcare costs Jan 10, 2024
Is President Biden a Super-Ager? Experts say "age is a number, not a quality" -- even for the president Jan 10, 2024
Columbia's Sex Abuse Cover-Up Tops This Year's Shkreli Awards Other "winners" include non-profit hospital CEO's $35M salary, doc's needless vascular surgeries Jan 10, 2024
Deadly VA Clinic Lapses; Asthma Drug Risky in Kids; Invisible HHS Secretary? This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 10, 2024
Trump-Era Conscience Rule Rescinded; Lloyd Austin's Cancer; Sinead O'Connor's Death Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 10, 2024
Fauci Grilled by Subcommittee; Vaccine Sales Plunge; Nanoplastics in Water Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 09, 2024
It's High Time to Protect Farmworkers From Heat-Related Illness and Death Reauthorizing the Farm Bill can offer essential protections Jan 07, 2024
FDA Approves Florida's Proposal to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada Drugmakers say they're "considering all options" in response Jan 05, 2024
Sidney Wolfe, Co-Founder of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, Dies at 86 Wolfe was instrumental in getting dangerous drugs banned from the market Jan 02, 2024
Lessons From the Chemotherapy Shortages: Invest in Generics We need more sustainable solutions to ensure treatment access Dec 31, 2023
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term An alarming agenda with potentially grave consequences for public health Dec 28, 2023
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
It Was a Tumultuous Year for Simone Gold and America's Frontline Doctors After an attempted coup, Gold holds on to AFLDS; she's also suing California's medical board Dec 27, 2023
Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humana But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement Dec 27, 2023
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
AI Transparency Rule Has Benefits, but Is Limited, Experts Suggest Rule aims to make algorithms more fair Dec 21, 2023
FDA Official Blasts Ladapo's Claims About DNA Fragments in COVID Shots Peter Marks called Florida surgeon general's mRNA vax criticism "misleading" Dec 21, 2023
'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Dec 21, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing Early CDC data suggest the problem is worsening Dec 14, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
White House Looks to States for Help Reining in Gun Violence "No single city, state, or federal agency has a monopoly on good ideas," says official Dec 13, 2023
Five Companies Sign Agreement to Participate in National Health Data-Sharing Network Live transactions on the new network have already begun Dec 12, 2023