Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

U.S. sets up first-ever plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada

July 31, 2019 at 1:35 p.m.

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will set up a system allowing Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for the first time, reversing years of...

Planned Parenthood to defy Trump abortion referral rule

July 16, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Federally-funded family planning clinics, including Planned Parenthood, are defying the Trump administration's ban on referring women for abortions.

Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately

July 15, 2019 at 6:58 p.m.

Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said Monday, declaring it will begin enforcing a new regulation hailed by religious conservatives and denounced...

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., walks ...

1 in 6 ER visits or hospital stays triggers a “surprise” medical bill

June 20, 2019 at 7:20 a.m.

Roughly one in every six times someone is taken to an emergency room or checks in to the hospital, the treatment is followed by a "surprise" medical bill, according to...

AP: Nursing facilities failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect, abuse of seniors on Medicare

June 12, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

Nursing facilities have failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of seniors on Medicare even though it's a federal requirement for them to do so,...

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md. on Aug. 17, 2009. The Trump administration is ending the medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue. Officials said Wednesday government-funded research by universities will be allowed to continue, subject to additional scrutiny. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House ends fetal tissue research by federal scientists

June 5, 2019 at 12:19 p.m.

The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists that there鈥檚 no other way to tackle some...

“Medicare for All’s” rich benefits “leapfrog” other nations

May 21, 2019 at 5:38 a.m.

Generous benefits. No copays. No need for private policies. The "Medicare for All" plan advocated by leading 2020 Democrats appears more lavish than what's offered in other advanced countries, compounding...

Scrap “Obamacare”? Maybe not all, says Trump administration

May 9, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

The Trump administration is arguing in court that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. But at the same time, Justice Department lawyers recently suggested that...

$1.2B Medicare orthopedic brace scam broken up by feds

April 9, 2019 at 11:07 a.m.

Federal authorities said Tuesday they've broken up a $1.2 billion Medicare scam that peddled unneeded orthopedic braces to hundreds of thousands of seniors via foreign call centers.

Trump鈥檚 battle with “Obamacare” moves to the courts

March 31, 2019 at 8:32 a.m.

After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off "Obamacare." But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side...

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