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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul law.The high court agreed to a proposal by the three main parties ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he supports a controversial decision by the U.S. health secretary to overrule government scientists about access to an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill.Obama said he backs Wednesday's decision by Health and ...
(Reuters) - Americans' opinion of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform in October reached its lowest point since the law passed in March 2010, according to a monthly poll by the non-profit, non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation.The view of the law has been roughly ...
(Reuters) - DaVita Inc, the biggest U.S. operator of dialysis clinics, said it is the subject of a government probe into payments for infusion drugs covered by the Medicaid health program for the poor in New York.DaVita said it believed the inquiry ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. medical patients would be able to get their laboratory test results directly from the labs rather than wait for a copy from their doctors under a new rule proposed by federal health officials.U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said on Thursday his panel has no plans on moving forward on a Republican proposal that would privatize the Medicare health program for future retirees."I'm not really interested in just laying ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Nurses overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's handling of health reforms on Wednesday, warning budget cuts could have "catastrophic" consequences for patient care.At their annual conference, members of the powerful Royal College of ...
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines, where an average of 11 women a day die giving birth, could lower its high maternal death rate by having a reproductive health policy, a visiting United Nations delegation said on Friday."The absence of a national reproductive ...
LONDON (Reuters) - All shops in England will be banned from openly displaying tobacco products by April 2015 as part of a government package of measures to cut smoking.The Department of Health, announcing the legislation on national No Smoking Day, said the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to rescind an unpopular business tax reporting requirement in the year-old healthcare law, but the measure could be delayed by a dispute with Senate Democrats over how to pay for it.The House ...
