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Ruling Complicates Threat to Cut Off Funds for Obamacare

President Donald Trump’s bold threat to push “Obamacare” into collapse may get harder to carry out after a new court ruling. The procedural decision late Tuesday by a federal appeals panel in Washington has implications for millions of consumers. The judges said that a group of states can defend the legality of government “cost-sharing” subsidies […]

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FDA Proposes Cutting Nicotine

For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive. U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency’s staff to develop new regulations on nicotine. The FDA has had the power since 2009 to regulate nicotine levels but hasn’t done […]

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AP Fact Check: Trump Wrong on Vets, Health Payments

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bragged about a mission accomplished in veterans’ health care that has not been achieved. He threatened to end health insurers’ “bailouts” that actually help consumers. And he cited “tremendous” costs to taxpayers from providing health services to transgender troops without providing evidence of that expense. Over a week dominated by […]

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Sorry, No Pot from the VA

Republicans in Congress blocked a vote on legislation that many ill veterans want – – that bill would have allowed VA doctors to prescribe medical marijuana. The bill, known as “Veterans Equal Access” amendment, would have moved to debate on the House floor. Instead, the House Rules Committee stopped the bill by excluding it from […]

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Researchers: Trump Tweets Could Harm LGBT Study

UCLA and USC researchers conducting a study on LGBTQ military personnel said they were concerned that President Donald Trump’s attitude toward LGBTQ individuals could adversely affect their study. Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he plans to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military because of medical costs associated with transgender health care. […]

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Computer Models Provide New Clues to Sickle Cell

Computer models developed by Brown University mathematicians show new details of what happens inside a red blood cell affected by sickle cell disease. The researchers said they hope their models, described in an article in the Biophysical Journal, will help in assessing drug strategies to combat the genetic blood disorder, which affects millions of people […]

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Trump Makes Threats as Bipartisan Group Discuss Fixes

In the wake of the shocking failure of the Senate Republicans’ push to destroy Obamacare, over the weekend, President Trump revived his threat to make the individual health-insurance markets implode, tweeting “BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” (And calling for an end to the legislative filibuster, though […]

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Digital Therapeutics: App-Based Healthcare Is the Future

Last month, healthcare startup Omada Health secured a $50 million C round led by major insurer Cigna, which brings the 5-year-old company’s total funding to over $127 million. That kind of nine-figure investment isn’t unusual for a company with the next blockbuster drug or game changing medical device, but Omada’s core product is a diabetes-preventing […]

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Bill Would Expand Care for Veterans

Republican Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson has proposed legislation to increase access to privatized medical coverage for American veterans paid for by the federal government. Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson, who chairs the committee, looks to accomplish this by way of expanding the existing Veterans Choice Program. Read More

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Nevada Moves to Combat Pot Bottleneck

CARSON CITY, Nev. —- Nevada has moved to reduce supply problems at recreational marijuana stores that have faced overwhelming demand for newly legal pot and the possibility of their shelves going empty. Regulators approved emergency rules that would speed up licensing for pot distributors, a sticking point that launched a legal battle and threatened the […]

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Panel Asks FDA to Review Opioid Safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, not only on patients, but also on families, crime and the demand for heroin. That’s the conclusion of a sweeping report Thursday from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. […]

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HHS: ‘Largest Healthcare Fraud Takedown in History’

In a statement, the HHS Office of the Inspector General said the takedown sends “a strong signal that theft from these taxpayer-funded programs will not be tolerated.” A few particular schemes HHS highlighted include five physicians in Michigan who participated in deals involving illegal kickbacks and billing for medically unnecessary joint injections, drug screenings and […]

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