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Brett Kavanaugh, the president’s Supreme Court nominee, will have a chance to leave his mark on a series of health care cases — and specifically the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, will have a chance to leave his mark on a series of health care cases, including ones related to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood.

As with current abortion policies, a reversal of the landmark court decision would mean a woman’s access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.

Cancer death rates remain high for some groups of people, including African-Americans, despite general gains made in recent decades. The American Cancer Society has ideas about reducing the gaps.

It often falls to health care providers to discern whether the asylum-seekers who say they’ve been tortured or persecuted in their homeland bear physical and psychological evidence of that harm.

Heath insurance premiums could rise again next year after the Trump administration suspended part of the Affordable Care Act that’s designed to stabilize insurance markets.

Researchers are looking to redeploy drugs used for years to treat cholesterol and high blood pressure as remedies for influenza and Ebola.

Citing a February ruling from a district court in New Mexico, the administration said it will halt risk adjustment payments required by the ACA. Insurers say the move will increase premiums.

Citing a February ruling from a district court in New Mexico, the administration said it will halt risk adjustment payments required by the ACA. Insurers say the move will increase premiums.

Michel Martin speaks with New Mexico Health Connections founder, Dr. Martin Hickey and Wall Street Journal reporter Anna Mathews about the suspension of billions of dollars in payments to encourage insurers to participate in Obamacare.