Texas will enact a law on Jan. 1 to prevent consumers from getting hit with surprise medical bills. The law survived last-minute efforts to write rules that would have gutted it.
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Calif. Attorney General Xavier Becerra On Latest Challenge To Affordable Care Act
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra about the latest lawsuit news surrounding legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act.
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down ACA Mandate
An appeals court has ruled the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, but stopped short of striking the whole law down.
Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules ACA Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, but stopped short of saying that the whole law is invalid.
Obamacare Takes Another Hit In Federal Appeals Court Ruling
A federal court in New Orleans has declared a portion of the health law unconstitutional, asking the lower court to reconsider the rest. This leaves the future of the law in limbo.
Some Push To Change State Laws Requiring HIV Disclosure To Sexual Partners
Not disclosing HIV status to a sexual partner can land you in prison in Ohio and other states, even if they don’t contract the disease. A move is underway to embrace medical science and change that.
Some Big Health Care Policy Changes Are Hiding In The Federal Spending Package
The bill includes some policy surprises and increases in fundings for several key public health priorities. And it cuts the few remaining taxes that were paying for Obamacare.
Scientists Reach Out To Minority Communities To Diversify Alzheimer’s Studies
Black and Hispanic people often don’t volunteer for studies of Alzheimer’s disease, despite their risks for developing it. Researchers are working to make studies more inclusive, but it’s not easy.
Can Applesauce Help Close The Racial Health Gap? No, Wait, Hear This Chef Out
From infant mortality rates to access to cancer treatment, stark health disparities exist between blacks and whites. One Michigan experiment to address that starts with money made from hospital food.
California Kaiser Mental Health Workers Launch Strike; Problems ‘Keep Getting Worse’
Clinical psychologists say it can take anywhere from three weeks to two months to see patients suffering from depression, anxiety or serious emotional trauma.
