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Ear to the door: Five things being weighed in secret health bill also weigh it down
What do we know about planned reforms to the ACA?
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Child firearm suicide at highest rate in more than a decade
Injuries and death by firearms are increasing in select groups of U.S. children.
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Comorbidities emerge in adulthood for many patients with JIA
More than half of these patients have at least one comorbidity.
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What’s driving the ‘failure’ of the ACA marketplaces?
Is it a poorly designed system or institutional sabotage? The answer depends on who you ask.
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Average cost of Healthcare.gov policy up 105% since 2013
All 39 states that use Healthcare.gov experienced an increase, but the size varied considerably.
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Docs to Senate: Abandon your secret efforts on ACA repeal/replace
AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, AOA, and APA urge end to back room dealing.
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Maryland passes generic drug anti–price gouging law
State becomes first to act in the wake of Valeant and Mylan price scandals.
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Supreme Court: Faith-based hospitals are exempt from federal pension requirements
Justices rule that employees of religious-affiliated hospitals are not protected under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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Factors tied to parents’ intent to vaccinate teens for HPV
Factors associated with parents’ intent to have their teen vaccinated for HPV may differ from those associated with the teens actually getting...
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Former Pharma reps’ new mission: To school docs on high drug costs
As a drug salesman, Mike Courtney worked hard to make health care expensive. He wined and dined doctors, golfed with them and bought lunch for...
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First trimester lithium exposure ups risk of cardiac malformations
The risk is considerably lower than what was suggested by 40-year-old registry data.