Topic: Health Care Policy
Battle to repeal "Obamacare" in the cards if GOP regains power in NovemberIf you thought passing the health care overhaul was messy, wait until Republicans try to repeal it if they regain power in Washington this fall. It could come down to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report. The study published on Friday in ...
Openly gay Richard Sorian is among the recess appointments announced Thursday by the Obama administrationOpenly gay Richard Sorian is among the four administration nominees appointed Thursday by President Barack Obama in his latest recess appointments. In making the announcement, Obama said he ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government proposed big changes on Thursday to the way it works with companies to fight new disease threats such as flu, including reform at the Food and Drug Administration and setting up centers to make vaccines quickly. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of the biggest U.S. companies are removing spending limits from their employees' health plans and taking other steps to comply with the new healthcare law, according to a report released on Wednesday. Most of the companies surveyed also ...
LILONGWE (Reuters) - A measles outbreak has killed 197 people in Malawi since the start of this year, the highest number recorded in the country in the last decade, a senior health ministry official said Sunday. A total 54 people died during ...
Peru's health minister says plague outbreak has killed teenager, infected at least 31 peoplePeru's health minister says an outbreak of plague has killed a 14-year-old boy and infected at least 31 people in a northern coastal province. Health Minister Oscar Ugarte says ...
Andy Griffith pitches health care law to seniors in Obama administration's new TV adActor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. The TV star — ...
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid will pay a $1 million fine and take corrective actions to settle charges of violating the HIPAA Privacy Rule.Following federal charges that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by improperly ...
Indian farmers are injecting a hormone sometimes given to women during childbirth into vegetables and fruits to make the produce ripen sooner and gain weight, an Indian minister has warned. In a letter to health ministry officials seen by AFP, junior health ...