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Suit Seeks to Ban Pesticide Linked to Autism

Three environmental groups asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to order the EPA to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. EarthJustice, which is representing the Pesticide Action Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council, was responding to the EPA’s recent announcement that it would not be following through on its own decision to ban the pesticide, […]

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Golfing Increases Paul’s Optimism on Healthcare

Despite threats from some of his top advisers and even from President Trump himself that he would try to defeat some leading congressional conservatives in primaries, the president had a golf outing with Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Sunday that brightened hopes that the rift between the administration and congressional conservatives could be healed — and […]

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Bill Would Expand Medicare Telehealth

Senate lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding telehealth services for Medicare patients. Under the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, eligible hospitals would test telehealth services through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI would evaluate the services for cost, effectiveness and quality of care, and those that past muster would be […]

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Price Bought Drug Stock, Aided Firm

On the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top U.S. health official, seeking to scuttle a controversial rule that could have hurt the firms’ profits and driven down their share prices, records obtained by […]

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Healthcare Plan, Patients in Limbo

Under the crisp midday sun in the hills of rural West Virginia, the Myers family pile out of their tired, red pick-up truck in the car park of the Cabin Creek Health Centre. “A couple of them had the flu and this one had an allergic reaction and we can’t figure out what it is […]

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Bill Tells Colleges to Stock Abortive Pills

A new bill might allow students at California’s public universities and colleges to receive medical abortion pills at student health centers, NBC4’s media partner KPCC reports. The bill — currently in the California legislature — would require all public universities and community colleges in the state to provide the pregnancy-ending pills. A medical abortion ends […]

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Budget Cuts Protections for Medical Errors

Headlines such as “Republicans Pan Trump Budget” and “Donald Trump’s Budget Is Universally Unloved” have suggested that identifying problems with President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget has been like pointing out wet spots on the Titanic. For example, a chorus along the political spectrum have criticized the proposed drastic National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget […]

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GOP Hopes to Revive Health Bill

House Republicans struck an optimistic note Tuesday that they would be able to salvage their failed health-care bill, but there was little indication of any concrete shift in the political fundamentals that led to its failure. Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters that “some of those who were in the ‘no’ camp expressed a […]

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Obama Legacy: What Defeat of Repeal Means

After more than seven years of congressional meltdowns and a 2016 election cycle built on the promise of a repeal, Republicans are discovering a hard truth about Obamacare: It’s way easier to give taxpayers government benefits than to take them away. On Friday, House Republican leaders withdrew their legislative attempt to repeal and replace President […]

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GOP Leaders Boost Pressure on Healthcare

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House leaders are revving up pressure on balky conservatives and other Republican lawmakers as crunch time approaches on the party’s health care overhaul bill, a drive GOP leaders concede they can’t afford to lose. A day before the House planned votes on the measure, Trump was expected to continue […]

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An Architect of ACA Advising Trump

When bioethicist and oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel met with President Trump at the White House on Monday, the session revealed publicly what has been happening privately for months: A trusted ally of former president Barack Obama and chief architect of the Affordable Care Act is trying to help steer how Republicans take it apart. With the […]

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Healthcare Tally: Which Side Are They On?

WASHINGTON — A look at opposing sides as Congress considers proposed Republican changes to the Obama administration health law. SUPPORTING THE BILL: President Donald Trump: “We’re going to do something that’s great and I’m proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives.” Vice President Mike Pence: “I really do believe this […]

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