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Insulin Cost Is a Key Campaign Issue for Biden
President Biden says lowering the cost of insulin for seniors is among his proudest domestic policy achievements. He now faces the challenge of selling it to Americans of all ages.
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5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval
In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point.
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Transgender Veterans Sue V.A. Over Gender-Affirming Surgeries
The lawsuit, brought by the Transgender American Veterans Association, said the Veteran Affairs department’s decision not to offer the procedures was discriminatory.
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For Red State Holdouts Like Kansas, Is Expanding Medicaid Within Reach?
As Southern states reconsider Medicaid expansion, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas is pushing her own plan meant to appeal to conservatives. So far, success has been elusive.
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Biden Administration Finalizes Rule Curbing Use of Short-Term Health Plans
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
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Frank Popoff, Who Sought to Lead a Friendlier Dow Chemical, Dies at 88
As chief executive, he pushed a company known for Agent Orange, napalm and chlorine to undo its confrontational reputation and promote environmental sustainability.
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Senate Republican Blocks Bill to Protect I.V.F. Treatment
Republicans, many of whom have said they support access to the treatment, have argued that it should be left to states to ensure its legality after an Alabama court ruled that frozen embryos were children.
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Republican Opposition to Birth Control Bill Could Alienate Voters, Poll Finds
A survey conducted by Americans for Contraception shows the overwhelming popularity of birth control, and suggests voters are primed to punish Republicans for opposing a measure to protect access to it.
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J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Defend Drug Prices at Senate Hearing
The top executives of three major companies appeared before a Senate panel led by Mr. Sanders, who has made lowering drug costs a signature issue.
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Obamacare Sign-Ups Hit 21 Million for 2024. Will the Surge in Enrollment Last?
A record 21 million people signed up for marketplace plans for 2024, drawn in part by more generous federal subsidies. But the expanded subsidies are set to expire after next year.
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Nancy E. Adler, Who Linked Wealth to Health, Dies at 77
She documented the powerful role that education, income and self-perceived social status play in a person’s health and longevity.
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More Than 20 Million People Have Signed Up for Obamacare Plans, Blowing by Record
The Biden administration said that a record number of Americans had signed up for coverage in 2024 through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, a sign of the law’s durability.
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Fact-Checking Trump and Others’ Sparring Over Social Security and Medicare
The top presidential candidates are vowing to protect the entitlement programs for current seniors, though some have floated changes for younger generations. But they’ve muddied each other’s current positions.
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Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals
A new study shows an increase in the rate of inpatient complications, including infections and falls, though patients were no more likely to die.
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5 Takeaways From Inside the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
A Times investigation reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the Supreme Court abolished the constitutional right to abortion.
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Inside the Supreme Court’s Dismantling of Roe
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Abortion Pill Access
The justices announced that they would hear a case challenging a federal agency’s approval of the commonly used pill.
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‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
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Bush’s Institute Issues an Urgent Plea for Congress to Renew His AIDS Program
PEPFAR, created by President George W. Bush in 2003 to combat the disease, faces an uncertain future now that its authorizing legislation has lapsed.
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Despite State Bans, Legal Abortions Didn’t Fall Nationwide in Year After Dobbs
The first full-year census of U.S. abortion providers shows significant increases in abortion in states where it’s legal.
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