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By Julie Rovner Senate Republican leaders Thursday released their revised bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, but they acknowledged that furious days ...

By Stephanie O’Neill Air Force veteran Billy Ramos, from Simi Valley, Calif., is 53 and gets health insurance for himself and for his family from Medicaid — ...

With increasing evidence that physicians and physicians-in-training are facing increased burnout, depression and suicide, the AMA adopted policy this week aimed at improving physician and ...

By Julie Rovner As Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tries to negotiate his way to a health bill that can win at least 50 Republican ...

By Michael McAuliff Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is well aware of the political peril of taking health benefits away from millions of voters. He also ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) today, in a letter to Senate leaders, outlined its opposition to the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Throughout the health system ...

By Nancy LeaMond This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate—and it shows. The Senate ...

By Fernando Stein, MD The U.S. Senate’s health care legislation, at last unveiled today, fails to meet children’s needs. The bill fails children by dismantling ...