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Healthcare
Trump administration reverses course on ACA
Mar 26, 2019
In a filing with a federal appeals court in New Orleans Monday, the Trump administration said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. It’s asking the court to affirm a December ruling by a Texas judge, who found that the repeal of financial penalties for not having insurance rendered the whole […]
In Oakland and elsewhere, health care is investing in affordable housing
Mar 12, 2019
Kensington Gardens' experience is indicative of a developing trend.
Full-time school nurses in short supply
Mar 11, 2019
According to a recent study, fewer than 40 percent of schools employ a full-time nurse.
How specialist agencies help Chinese mothers give birth in the U.S.
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Jennifer Pak
Mar 7, 2019
Expectant parents pay them tens of thousands of dollars to arrange every aspect of their trip.
Cancer death rates have fallen 27 percent
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Andy Uhler
Jan 9, 2019
Oncology experts say advances in cancer drugs have played a major role.
Flu season could be less damaging, experts say
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Erika Beras
Jan 8, 2019
During last year’s season, an estimated 80,000 people died.
ER bills are expensive. And secretive.
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Sean McHenry
Jan 7, 2019
In some hospitals, you could pay thousands of dollars just to sit in the waiting room.
For public good, not for profit.
Big Pharma is betting big on cancer drugs
Jan 3, 2019
Bristol-Myers Squibb announced Thursday that it’s going to acquire another drugmaker, Celgene. The deal is worth about $74 billion. The combined company will have nine products with sales of more than a billion dollars a year, including some blockbuster cancer drugs. The merger is a sign that Big Pharma is betting big on cancer medications. […]
GE has a long-term care insurance problem
Jan 1, 2019
Caring for the elderly is expensive for insurers and for families.
How the U.S. measures up when it comes to women's health
Dec 24, 2018
A sweeping new study from the Commonwealth Fund looked at more than 9,000 women in 11 developed countries and found that women in this country pay more for health care than women in the other countries but are less healthy. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.