Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares.
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The health care industry’s very bad year
The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has sparked scrutiny of the business of health care. But even the investors making money from this business have been unhappy with it this year.
Employers lobby to keep health care prices transparent in hopes of containing costs
Donald Trump’s first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers don’t want to risk backtracking during Trump’s second administration.
The push to extend a waiver that allows hospitals to care for patients at home
“Hospital at home” allowed Medicare and Medicaid to pay for intense treatment of patients in their homes. It’s set to expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress acts. A five-year extension is on the table.
Public health officials try to control bird flu in U.S. dairy capital
More milk products come from Tulare County, California than any other county in the U.S. Public health officials there are trying to guard against bird flu infecting humans.
Is this health care’s Occupy Wall Street moment?
The consumer outrage unleashed by the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes at a time when populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Trump.
Americans are furious over health care. Is this an Occupy Wall Street moment?
The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.
Through ‘The Loss Mother’s Stone,’ mothers share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth
Through her work, photographer Nancy Borowick says she hopes to draw awareness to women’s stories, educate Americans and destigmatize the conversation that occurs between doctors and patients.
A suspect is in custody. Some Americans are celebrating his alleged actions
Five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan, police arrested 26 year old Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania. He’s facing charges including murder, the illegal possession of a firearm, and lying about his identity.
Authorities believe they have arrested the person responsible for gunning down the CEO of a health insurance company. What have we learned about Luigi Mangione, and his possible motivations?
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Trump could change how Medicaid is funded using state block grants
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