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Florida school districts now have to ask if a new student has ever been referred for mental health services. It's a legislative attempt to help troubled kids. Will it work, or increase stigma instead?
As HHS decided to cut $1.6 billion in drug payments to hospitals, it weighed thousands of comments generated by a pharmaceutical-funded advocacy group.
Post-9/11, Giuliani Partners helped craft a plan that put a halt to a probe into Purdue鈥檚 marketing of OxyContin.
Republicans鈥 overwhelming majorities in the state legislature make pursuing a policy that could benefit 660,000 uninsured adults a 鈥渓ong shot,鈥 political analysts say.
Advocates of the sweeping health law view this move by the Trump administration as its most recent act of sabotage. But not everyone views it as a mortal blow.
Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?
The same Florida bill that would put more guns in schools would provide the state with $90 million more for mental health resources, including $69 million for schools. Advocates say those funds for mental health care are desperately needed.
Christine Sylvest, a child psychologist who now works in Maryland, for three years attended the Parkland, Fla., high school where a shooting attack left 17 people dead last week. She says the tragedy affects the entire community.
This doctor came out of retirement with the goal of treating every patient at high risk for hepatitis C he encounters. The problem is finding them.
Many have complicated questions about whether their Medicaid or Medicare coverage can shift to their new homes. And for those seeking private insurance, using the ACA鈥檚 insurance marketplaces will likely be a new experience.
The federal agents warned store owners that importing drugs from foreign countries is illegal and that those helping 鈥渁dminister鈥 such medicines could face penalties.
Open enrollment for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges started last week. Across the country, municipalities, insurers and grass-roots groups are working hard to help folks navigate the hoops.
Too often enforcement of rules for dealing with crisis is lax, advocates for nursing home residents say.
The new law will help people with chronic conditions that require multiple prescriptions cut down on their shuttles to the drug store and could improve adherence to their drugs.
Freedom Health and Optimum HealthCare agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging they overbilled Medicare.
Rep. Brian Mast, a first-term Republican congressman, defends his party鈥檚 push to repeal Obamacare in a meeting with constituents but concedes its health care plan needs more work.
Half-believing he could be free for just one night from covering Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, writer Phil Galewitz instead experiences eerie close encounters of the senatorial kind.
A study of five states looks at the market conditions that make or break the health insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act.
A plan to test the effectiveness of so-called 鈥淔rankenflies鈥 is being closely watched by nearby Miami-Dade County as a possible way to combat the spread of Zika.聽
Pregnant women in South Florida can get free Zika tests through the state's health department. But delays in getting back the results are heightening worries and may affect medical options.
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