Health May 24 To improve patient care, doctors are rethinking longstanding biases around obesity By Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News
Health Apr 11 Military’s transgender policy scientifically ‘deficient,’ American Medical Association says A new Trump administration regulation set to go into effect Friday directs military secretaries to kick out transgender service members who refuse to serve in their birth sex and "given an opportunity to correct those deficiencies."… By Julie Watson, Associated Press
Health Mar 05 Trump’s family-planning rule challenged in lawsuit The new rule, announced last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the federal Title X program from making abortion referrals — a provision that critics denounce as a "gag rule."… By David Crary, Associated Press
Nation Jun 20 AMA calls for an end to border separations The largest U.S. doctors' group is urging the Trump administration to end promptly the practice of separating children from their migrating families at the southern border. By Associated Press
Nation Jun 12 American Medical Association calls for stricter gun control to fight what it calls a public health crisis The nation's largest physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence — a problem the organizations says is as menacing as a lethal infectious disease. By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press
May 03 Watch 10:53 Lawmakers debate whether GOP health bill solves its pre-existing condition problem By PBS NewsHour The revised Republican plan to replace Obamacare gained key endorsements from two moderate Republican holdouts, who were convinced that a new amendment would help cover people with pre-existing conditions. Will the plan garner enough support? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 4:02 Why a top physicians’ group opposes the GOP health care plan By PBS NewsHour Although leading Republicans are pushing to pass their Obamacare replacement bill next week, its impact on millions of Americans remains a point of worry. Some prominent interest groups directly involved in health care are expressing opposition to the plan. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Oct 23 New breast cancer screening guidelines unlikely to affect insurance coverage By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News The American Cancer Society’s new breast cancer screening guidelines recommend that women start screening later and get fewer mammograms, but the change is unlikely to affect insurance coverage anytime soon. Continue reading
Jul 09 Once politically toxic, Medicare plans to cover end-of-life counseling By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Six years ago, a proposal for Medicare to cover end-of-life counseling touched off a political uproar that threatened to stall President Barack Obama's health care law in Congress. This week, when Medicare finally announced it would make the… Continue reading
Dec 23 LGBT advocates say FDA gay blood donor policy revision is long overdue, but ‘not enough’ By Joshua Barajas The FDA said in a statement that it will "recommend a change to the blood donor deferral period for men who have sex with men from indefinite deferral to one year since the last sexual contact."… Continue reading