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November 13, 2018 at 7:56 am

More leeway for states to expand inpatient mental health

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration Tuesday allowed states to provide more inpatient treatment for people with serious mental illness by tapping Medicaid, a potentially...

November 8, 2018 at 10:12 pm

Medicare expands access to in-home support for seniors

Starting next year, seniors in many states will be able to get additional services such as help with chores and respite for caregivers through private...

Business

November 7, 2018 at 9:34 pm

Obama’s health insurance overhaul a winner in midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — The personality looming over the 2018 midterms was President Donald Trump. The issue was health care, the top concern for voters as...

Business

November 7, 2018 at 2:36 pm

Trump administration finalizes birth control opt-out policy

WASHINGTON — A day after Republicans expanded their Senate majority, the Trump administration on Wednesday finalized a policy change that allows some employers with religious...

November 1, 2018 at 7:31 am

Federal health care website up and running after slow start

The health law's sixth sign-up season has begun. The website serving people in 39 states has worked fairly smoothly. The other states, including Washington, and...

October 31, 2018 at 8:23 am

Stable premiums, more options as health law sign-ups begin VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Affordable Care Act's sixth sign-up season opens Thursday amid stabilizing premiums and more choice for consumers. Nationally, average premiums are going...

Nation & World

October 25, 2018 at 9:28 pm

Trump administration squares off with drugmakers over plan WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — With midterm elections less than two weeks away, President Donald Trump is pushing a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs,...

Business

October 25, 2018 at 7:53 am

Trump says new proposal will lower some US drug prices WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a plan to lower prices for some prescription...

Business

October 24, 2018 at 5:05 am

Report: Agencies blindsided by Trump immigration order

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration and health officials were blindsided by President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy on migrants crossing the southwest border, triggering a...

October 23, 2018 at 9:31 am

US health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic,...