Medicine & Policy

By Phil Galewitz The AARP called the health bill that House Republicans narrowly approved Thursday “deeply flawed” because it would weaken Medicare and lead to higher ...

  By Julie Rovner As House Republicans try to find common cause on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they may be ...

By Michelle Andrews Limiting the number of foreign doctors who can get visas to practice in the United States could have a significant impact on ...

Patients scored a victory in the tough negotiations over the Republicans’ overhaul of the tax code. The deduction that allows people with very high medical ...

By Alieta Eck, MD Dr. Tom Price, our new Secretary of Health and Human Services, has been accused of belonging to a “conservative, fringe medical ...

“Repeal and replace.” That phrase was as prevalent during the campaign as “build the wall.” Republicans have been talking for years about dismantling the Affordable ...

A national physicians group today hailed the reintroduction of a federal bill that would upgrade the Medicare program and swiftly expand it to cover the ...

A sip of soda will become more expensive next year in Philadelphia, which recently became the second city in the United States to pass a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled against a Texas abortion law that had required doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.  The ruling ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted this morning in favor of a measure that would allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana for their patients in ...