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Insurance Bob Herman

Errors have plagued insurance directories of doctors. The government wants to clean them up with its own

Politics Bob Herman

Get a Ph.D. in health policy — from a single Powerpoint slide

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs

Medicare lays out the bureaucracy it will need to negotiate drug prices

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

Health funding battles, a nutrition policy overhaul, and two CBD developments

Insurance Bob Herman

Health insurers are painting a misleading picture of Medicare Advantage savings, experts say

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs

White House pitches drug pricing reforms as a way to extend cancer patients’ lives

Politics Nicholas Florko

Coors, Mondelez, and other big food companies want to sell CBD-filled food and drinks. The FDA is staunchly opposed

A STAT Investigation Nicholas Florko

With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem

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Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Medicare’s midterm punts, MA marketing schemes, and a closer look at the Abiomed deal

Health Ambar Castillo

In Fiona-ravaged Puerto Rico, hospitals were prioritized over health clinics for diesel, exacerbating rural health disparities

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Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way

Health Nicholas Florko

The U.S. is terrible at keeping businesses from worsening public health, experts say

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Patients for Affordable Drugs taps new leader

Insurance Bob Herman

Humana appeases Wall Street with big projections of Medicare Advantage growth

First Opinion Blair L. Sadler and Alfred M. Sadler, Jr.

Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Major reform is needed

First Opinion Linda Richter

THC ingestion by young kids highlights the need to tighten inadequate packaging regulations

Hospitals Tara Bannow

Medicare wants to stop publishing some hospital safety data next year

Health Olivia Goldhill

Supreme Court decision suggests the legal right to contraception is also under threat

Politics Mark Sherman — Associated Press

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

Insurance Bob Herman

Supreme Court rules in favor of insurance plan that pushed kidney failure patient to Medicare

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Romney accuses White House of ‘patently false’ information about Covid-19 funds

Politics Lev Facher

Francis Collins on his new life as White House science adviser

Health Andrew Joseph

If Roe is overturned, the ripples could affect IVF and genetic testing of embryos, experts warn

Politics Nicholas Florko

The FDA says it’s in the dark about thousands of dietary supplement ingredients

Politics Lev Facher

Dr. Oz peddles medical misinformation — but could his political rise have a silver lining for public health?

Health Lev Facher

‘Lives could be at stake’: CDC’s Walensky warns of dire stakes surrounding abortion access

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Would drugmakers lower their insulin prices if Congress asks nicely?

Politics Matthew Perrone — Associated Press

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars

Exclusive Lev Facher

Lawmakers and a Pelosi aide turn lobbyist to push for new health agency’s independence

First Opinion Richard J. Baron and Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Politicians should not be deciding what constitutes good medicine

Politics Lev Facher

In State of the Union, Biden walks a fine line on Covid optimism

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Judge bars Shkreli from running another public company, fines him $1.4 million

Exclusive Lev Facher

Inside the culture of fear in Eric Lander’s White House science office