Medicine & Policy

By Brad Broker “The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana.” That’s the official opinion of The New York Times, which published on Sunday ...

By Phil Galewitz About 10.3 million Americans gained health coverage this year, primarily as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study by the ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On Tuesday two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on a subject that’s important to millions of people:  the availability of subsidies to help ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Many specialists are balking at what they say are onerous new rules to get recertified, warning the demands will force some physicians ...

By Brad Broker Prostitution, starvation, forced labor, physical abuse — these are the symptoms and effects of human trafficking.  And who are most likely to ...

By Carrie Feibel, KUHF In just over the past year, the number of abortion clinics in Texas fell from 41 to 20, and watchdogs say ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislation aimed at alleviating long wait times for medical care at the ...

By Jay Hancock A few years ago it struck the D.C. region’s biggest medical insurer that the doctors who saw its members most often and knew ...

By Michelle Andrews If you offer it, will they come? Insurers and some U.S. senators have proposed offering cheaper, skimpier “copper” plans on the health insurance ...

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States today served a blow to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as it ruled that ...