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President Donald Trump has vowed that his nominees to the Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized ...
Read More »Trump’s Next High Court Pick Likely To Target Abortion. Is That What The Public Wants?
AMA To Push for Evidence-Based Treatment in Opioid Fight
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy at its Annual Meeting to ensure that patients with substance use disorders receive evidence-based treatment – whether that ...
Read More »AMA Salutes Congress for Passing VA Health Care Bill
Senate passage today of legislation reforming VA Choice is a victory for our veterans – continuing our commitment to honor their service and providing them ...
Read More »Sen. Ted Cruz Laughs At The Suggestion of Gun Control
Ted Cruz just laughed. Not an audible laugh, but still a visible chuckle. He was asked Thursday morning by a Fox News anchor about ...
Read More »As More Docs Support Medical Aid in Dying, Advocates Look To Legalize Physician Assisted Death
When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants the option to use a lethal prescription to ...
Read More »Why Do People Hate Obamacare?
The Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” has roiled America since the day it was signed into law in 2010. From the start, the public was ...
Read More »Obamacare Shopping Is Trickier Than Ever. Here’s A Cheat Sheet.
Health care is complicated. Shopping for an individual health plan just got even more so, with President Donald Trump’s decision last month to block $7 ...
Read More »House Tax Bill Dumps Deduction For Medical Expenses
By Julie Rovner The tax bill unveiled by Republicans in the House on Thursday would not, as had been rumored, eliminate the tax penalty for failure ...
Read More »5 Things To Know About Obamacare As Enrollment Opens
By Julie Rovner and Julie Appleby Open enrollment for people who buy their own health insurance starts Wednesday and ends Dec. 15 this year. That’s 45 days, six ...
Read More »U.S. Metropolitan Areas Increasingly Dominated by Single Insurance Companies
In an analysis of competition in health insurance markets across the United States, a study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that in ...
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