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The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would prohibit some home health workers from having union dues deducted from their paychecks. The rule would likely undercut unions’ power, all agree.

Young women with simple pregnancies can safely ask a doctor to induce labor, a study finds. It doesn’t increase their risk of needing a C-section after all, and can even offer potential benefits.

CVS Caremark is suing Ohio Medicaid officials to block release of a report the agency commissioned to show how the pharmacy benefit manager does business, and ultimately how drug prices are set.

Companies that negotiate drug prices for insurance plans keep a big cut of the money. In Ohio, a battle is brewing over whether their services are worth the cost.

Researchers found that a simple letter to doctors, focusing on their high prescribing rates, reduced their tendency to give risky antipsychotic drugs to their patients, including some with dementia.

Disabled Americans working in medicine are speaking up about their role in the profession. Not only can they can they perform the work of doctors, they offer a level of empathy others may lack.

Sam Vogelstein used to suffer a hundred seizures a day. Then he tried a marijuana-based drug that wasn’t available in the U.S. It stopped his seizures and has just been approved by the FDA.

Sam Vogelstein used to suffer a hundred seizures a day. Then he tried a marijuana-based drug that wasn’t available in the U.S. It stopped his seizures and has just been approved by the FDA.

The complaint, filed Thursday, alleges the Trump administration is “waging a relentless campaign to sabotage and, ultimately, to nullify the law.” They say that violates the Constitution.

The Trump adminstration’s goal is to establish a firewall between taxpayers and health care providers who might give women abortion information. Critics call the proposed changes a “gag rule.”