Aug 07 Watch 7:26 How the Cayman Islands could become a new health care destination By Fred de Sam Lazaro As health care costs continue to rise, practitioners in India are working to lower prices -- and bring their innovations closer to American shores. Health City Cayman Islands is a new frontier for India’s largest for-profit hospital chain. Focused on… Continue watching
Aug 06 What we know about the El Paso and Dayton shooters’ guns By Laura Santhanam These guns, magazines and gear were legal in Texas and Ohio. But that wasn’t always the case. Continue reading
Jul 31 2020 Democrats are test-driving health care plans. Here’s what the Trump administration says By Laura Santhanam Democratic contenders have released an array of plans to improve access to health care -- with several championing Medicare for All, or another single-payer option -- and President Donald Trump and Republicans are eager to knock them down. Continue reading
Jul 31 Health chief says Trump working on plan to allow prescriptions from Canada By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The move would reverse years of opposition from federal health authorities amid a public outcry over high prices for life-sustaining medications. Continue reading
Jul 30 Childhood cancer wipes out 11 million years of human potential each year By Laura Santhanam Most of these lost healthy years are snuffed out in countries with the fewest resources children need to treat cancer, the study said. Continue reading
Jul 29 Trump administration’s rejection of Utah Medicaid plan could affect other states By Associated Press The rejection of Utah's closely watched plan to partially expand Medicaid could send other states back to the drawing board on covering more low-income people under former President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Continue reading
Jul 29 2020 candidate Kamala Harris releases new details of her health care plan By Juana Summers, Associated Press Harris is a supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" legislation, but she still envisions a role for the private system… Continue reading
Jul 28 Joe Biden draws line against progressives on health care By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Biden is at the center of a broader Democratic divide over the future of health care that will likely be an animating issue at this week’s primary debate in Detroit. Continue reading
Jul 27 Trump proposal seeks to crack down on food stamp ‘loophole’ By David A. Lieb, Associated Press The proposed rule change, outlined this past week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has highlighted the ideological clash between President Trump’s attempts to tighten government entitlement programs and efforts in some states to widen the social safety net. Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: Patients affected by rising drug prices testified before House committee By Laura Santhanam The hearing on Capitol Hill comes at a time when the Trump administration has made a push to reduce drug prices and the cost of healthcare overall. Continue reading