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Nominee for HHS Sought Favors for Health Industry Donors

Rep. Tom Price, the physician and Georgia Republican tapped for the nation’s leading health care job, has long criticized federal spending as excessive. Yet during his years in Congress, he’s worked hard to keep federal dollars flowing to his most generous campaign donors. Price has been a go-to congressman, a review of his records show, […]

Police Learn to Deal With Mentally Ill

ANDERSON, Ind. — Police agencies in the Anderson area have formed Crisis Intervention Team training to better deal with people exhibiting signs of mental illness. With the closing of many state-run facilities for the mentally ill, law enforcement officials are having to deal with them on the streets and in crisis situations. Many are arrested […]

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W.Va. Seeks Waiver to Fight Opioid Epidemic

In an effort aimed at the substance abuse epidemic that’s disproportionately killing its residents, West Virginia is asking the CMS to approve a waiver that would expand treatment for Medicaid enrollees. The state wants to expand the number of community-based and outpatient substance abuse providers, to offer residential treatment and to increase the availability of […]

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Trump Could Soften FDA Standards

They were hailed as drugs that could change the treatment of heart disease by lowering harmful LDL cholesterol (LDL-c) to unprecedented levels for adults. Yet, the sales of Amgen’s Repatha and Sanofi/Regeneron’s Praluent, known as PCSK9 inhibitors, have been disappointing low. The reason isn’t due to lack of efficacy. Indeed, combining PCSK9 inhibitors with generic […]

Q&A: How Would Congress Repeal Health Care?

WASHINGTON — The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law were evident in one recent encounter between an Ohio congressman and a constituent. “He said, ‘’Now you guys own it. Now fix it. It’s on your watch now,’” recalled GOP Rep. Pat Tiberi, chairman of a pivotal health subcommittee. “And […]

U.S. Prosecutor Tackles Heroin Scourge That Claimed Son

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The phone at Bruce Brandler’s home rang at 3:37 a.m. It was the local hospital. His 16-year-old son was there, and he was in really bad shape. A suspected heroin overdose, the nurse said. Brandler didn’t believe it. Erik had his problems, but heroin? It seemed impossible. Nearly 10 years later, the […]

State Must Give Inmate $50,000-plus Medication

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has mandated that the state should provide expensive new medication to former death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to treat his hepatitis C infection. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Abu-Jamal sued to improve the health care he was receiving in prison after he fell into diabetic shock and was diagnosed with […]

Judge Blocks Mandate on Transgender and Abortion

President-elect Donald Trump can undo many of President Obama’s executive orders with the stroke of a pen, but rolling back a key new mandate forcing religious doctors and hospitals to perform abortions and transgender surgeries looks to be a much more protracted legal battle. Many judges have begun to adopt the administration’s expansive interpretation of […]

Obamacare Enrollment Hits All-Time High

In less than three weeks, the sands of time will likely begin slipping away for the Affordable Care Act, which is more commonly known as Obamacare. The hallmark legislation passed by President Obama in March 2010 faces the likelihood that it’ll be heavily amended or repealed in its entirety soon after President-elect Trump takes office. […]

Obama: Health Care Repeal Will Cost GOP

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don’t rescue” Republicans on Obamacare. Less than three weeks out from leaving the White House, Obama visited Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill with a mission to save his signature healthcare reform law as Republicans are moving quickly to unroll the Affordable Care […]

Congressman: Patients Must Shoulder More Costs

While the Affordable Care Act put in place under President Obama is credited with giving 20 million Americans health insurance, it has been criticized for driving up insurance rates and adding regulations that interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders are eager to begin “repealing and replacing” the sweeping healthcare law. […]

Maine Creates Slots for Addiction Treatment

AUGUSTA, Maine — The state Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will expand access to medication-assisted addiction treatment by creating 359 slots with a program scheduled to start next month. The department says about 300 to 450 people in Maine are dealing with an opiate use disorder who are on the waitlist […]

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