NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Children and Families about the new rule denying visas to immigrants without health insurance or funds to pay for health care.
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Targeting ‘Medicare For All’ Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare
Speaking from a retirement community in Florida, the President gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals.
Targeting ‘Medicare For All’ Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare
Speaking from a retirement community in Florida, the President gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals.
‘Los Angeles Times’ Investigation Shows How Vaping Crisis Could Have Been Prevented
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Emily Baumgaertner about how the FDA tried banning vaping flavors, but the Obama administration rejected it.
Judge Rules Planned Supervised Injection Site Does Not Violate Federal Drug Law
The federal court decision paves the way for the nation’s first supervised injection site to open in Philadelphia. The Justice Department argued that it amounted to “in-your-face illegal activity.”
Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops
Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular “engineered” stone. The material is more than 90 percent silica.
Pharmacies Pull Zantac Over Concern That Contaminant Poses Cancer Risk
Major U.S. pharmacies have pulled Zantac and its generic equivalent off the shelves after concern about a contaminant that poses a small cancer risk.
A Biopsy Came With An Unexpected $2,170 ‘Cover Charge’ For The Hospital
After a test to rule out cancer, Brianna Snitchler faced a facility fee for use of the hospital’s radiology room. She wasn’t told in advance about the charge, which strained her tight budget.
U.S. Justice Department Charges 35 People In Fraudulent Genetic Testing Scheme
Doctors, labworkers and telemarketers from around the U.S. were among those arrested in the investigation of a scheme that the DOJ alleges defrauded seniors and Medicare.
CDC Zeroing In On THC-Based Vaping Products As A Major Source Of Lung Injuries
Health officials say people with vaping-related illness have used more than 200 products sold under 87 brands. That’s complicating efforts to identify the substances contributing to lung damage.
