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How Healthcare Costs Hurt American Workers and Benefit the Wealthy

By Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Millennials' Chronic Health Problems Will Limit Their Lifetime Earnings, Report Says

By Emma Court / Bloomberg

Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.

By Lisa Emmott

The Health Care Industry Needs to Be More Honest About Medical Errors

By Kathleen Sutcliffe
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2020 Democrats Need Rural Voters. Can They Win Them Over By Fixing Rural Healthcare?

2020 Democrats need rural support. Rural Americans need accessible specialists and hospitals.

By Abby Vesoulis

Community Health Workers Are Vital; Governments Should Be Paying Them

Illness is universal, health care is not. Over half of the world's 7.3 billion people, including 1 billion in rural communities, lack access to health care. Approximately 13 million children still go without a single...

By Raj Panjabi

AI and Health Care Are Made for Each Other

Artificial intelligence has the potential to radically change health care. Imagine a not too distant future when the focus shifts away from disease to how we stay healthy. At birth, everyone would get a thorough,...

By Geralyn Miller

Where You Live Should Not Determine Your Health Care

In recent years we have witnessed incredible advances in science and technology that improve the care we deliver to patients. But if people can't take their medication because they don't have a home, or have...

By Bernard J. Tyson

The Face Transplant That's Changing Health Care

As the first African-American face-transplant recipient, here's how Robert Chelsea may change the health care system forever

By Jamie Ducharme

The Director of the NIH Lays Out His Vision of the Future of Medical Science

Our world has never witnessed a time of greater promise for improving human health. Many of today’s health advances have stemmed from a long arc of discovery that begins with strong, steady support for basic...

By Dr. Francis S. Collins

Employers Are Steering Workers Toward Controversial Stem Cell Therapies

Regenexx, which runs a string of clinics, says stem cell injections can save employers a lot of money, but critics say there’s no proof.

By Liz Szabo / Kaiser Health News

A Boat Crushed His Face. Then Plastic Surgeons Hit Him With $167,000 in Medical Costs

Many plastic surgeons don’t participate in health plans

By Michelle Andrews / Kaiser Health News

Should You Have to Work to Get Medicaid? Some Red States Say Yes

After Casey Copeland got sober, he started turning his life around. The 37-year-old Arkansas resident began volunteering at homelessness and addiction recovery organizations near Little Rock to gain experience to become a drug and alcohol...

By Abigail Abrams

Medicaid Work Requirements Stall in Several States

Efforts in several states to require Medicaid recipients to work, study, volunteer or search for a job have stalled amid court challenges and questions from lawmakers, but the Trump Administration vowed to continue approving similar...

By Abigail Abrams

GoFundMe CEO: One-Third of Site's Donations Are to Cover Medical Costs

According to a new report from Gallup, uninsured rates in the U.S. have reached a four-year high

By Gina Martinez

The Justice Department Just Cleared the Way for CVS and Aetna's Mammoth $68 Billion Merger

CVS has said the deal will enable a variety of new medical services in stores

By David McLaughlin and Robert Langreth / Bloomberg

John McCain Hated the Affordable Care Act. He Also Saved It

He left behind a complicated legacy on health care

By Emmarie Huetteman / Kaiser Health News

'Medicare for All' Could Cost $32.6 Trillion, Study Says

Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposed plan could cost trillions over ten years

Trump Administration Cuts $26 Million in Funds for Organizations that Help People Sign Up For Obamacare

It marks the second consecutive year the Administration has cut such funding

By Alana Abramson

Trump's Immigration Policies Could Hurt Senior Care

One in four direct care workers are immigrants

By Abigail Abrams
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