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With House on the cusp of passing Build Back Better bill, big Senate fight expected
The U.S. House of Representatives is on the cusp of passing President Joe Biden's sweeping Build Back Better legislation. The $1.7 trillion bill would touch everything from child care to health care to climate change. While Democrats are ready to…
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Missouri’s Medicaid expansion aims to benefit low-income workers, but sign-ups still lag
Missouri is now the 38th state to expand Medicaid to low-income residents as part of the Affordable Care Act. It's been over a year since voters approved it, and after many delays, the first few thousand people enrolled this month.
Ban on ‘surprise’ medical bills on track for Jan. 1 rollout
Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge bill following a medical crisis if the closest hospital emergency room happened to have been outside their insurance plan's provider network.
WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on drug prices
The president called on Congress to lower prescription drug prices Thursday.
Low vaccination rates among U.S. Black and Latino communities are caused by cultural factors and an inequitable health care system.
The national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief…
More than 30 million Americans have gone without health insurance in the last year. Other high-income nations cover their entire populations for a lot less money than the U.S. already spends. But does a universal health care system help save…
The pandemic has highlighted structural inequities within American life, including a disproportionate impact on Black communities and poorer neighborhoods and access to and attitudes toward the vaccine. A new national public health campaign is trying to reach some Black Americans…
President Biden on Thursday focused on his campaign pledge to strengthen the Affordable Care Act. The president also rescinded the so-called "global gag rule" that bars U.S. funding for health groups abroad that offer abortion counseling, and he took steps…
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