Health Care
  • Americans’ Top Financial Worry: Healthcare

    By Michael Rainey

    Healthcare issues claim the top spots in the list of things U.S. voters are “very” or “somewhat worried” about being able to afford, according to the latest tracking poll from the healthcare...

  • FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi

    New Record for Obamacare Signups

    By Michael Rainey

    A record 20 million people have signed up for health care through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Wednesday. This marks...

  • As Drug Prices Rise, $35 Cap on Insulin Takes Effect

    By Michael Rainey

    Pharmaceutical companies rang in the New Year as they usually do: raising prices on hundreds of medications. According to research cited by Reuters , companies like Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda will...

  • More Than Half of Children Losing Medicaid Coverage Live in Just 5 States

    By Michael Rainey

    As individual states continue to disenroll millions of people from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) now that pandemic-era suspension of participation guidelines has come to...

  • Biden Admin Threatens to Seize Publicly Funded Drug Patents

    By Michael Rainey

    The Biden administration took steps Thursday that could clear the way for the federal government to seize the patents of high-priced pharmaceuticals that were developed using public funds. The move...