-
Canada Takes A "Just Say No" Approach To Trump's Imported Drug Plan
Medical ethicist Art Caplan explains Canada's hesitations with the President's new plan. -
Planned Parenthood To Withdraw From Title X, Unless Court Intervenes
Planned Parenthood officials asked for a stay against new Trump administration rules that forbid organizations receiving Title X funds to provide or refer patients for abortion. -
Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts Health Plan Announce Merger
Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on Wednesday announced plans to combine their two organizations into a new company that will serve nearly 2.4 million members. -
Veterans Urge Changes Before Expansion Of VA Caregivers Program
Veterans are warning that the Department of Veterans Affairs has not resolved serious flaws in the way the program is administered. -
Why Competition Hasn't Brought Down The High Price Of Snakebite Treatment
The snakebite antivenin CroFab, on the U.S. market since 2000, now faces competition from a drug called Anavip. But both are expensive. "Perverse incentives" keep prices high, says one legal scholar. -
Coordinating Care Of Mind And Body Might Help Medicaid Save Money And Lives
Tennessee's innovative Medicaid program is offering bonuses to mental health providers who help make sure their Medicaid patients get preventive help and treatment for physical ailments too. -
Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times
An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare. -
Trump Administration Plans To Allow Imports Of Some Prescription Drugs From Canada
Health and Human Services outlined two pathways for importing the drugs to the U.S., a plan Secretary Alex Azar says is intended to "lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients." -
Is Abortion Access About Health Care Or Politics?
Planned Parenthood's ousted president says she tried to de-politicize the organization. -
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Abortion Restrictions
The restrictions would have required physicians performing abortions to be board certified and prevented abortions after 18 weeks or for the sole reason that the fetus has Down syndrome.
