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Supporters call this right-to-die proposal the strongest move yet to document a person's advance wishes in cases of severe dementia. Critics say it would deny basic care to society's most vulnerable.
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The opioid epidemic has cost the United States more than $1 trillion since 2001, according to a new study, and may exceed another $500 billion over the…
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The visual images on television were very clear: Republicans were vocal in their praise of President Trump's State of the Union message, while Democrats…
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Reaching back half a century to Martin Luther King Jr., economic activists have revived King's Poor People's Campaign with the Truth Commission on…
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"The overwhelming majority of medical devices that are on the market, that are implanted in patients, undergo no clinical trials," journalist and author Jeanne Lenzer says.
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A local pediatric clinic is going above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to health care. The Towne Garden Pediatric Clinic on William Street has…
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Even though congressional Republicans formally set aside their Obamacare repeal-and-replace efforts this summer, there are big policy changes that could become law under pending tax proposals.
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President Trump's plan to eliminate the subsidies that help insurance companies absorb the cost of covering people with lower incomes is now before a…
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The silver (or gold) lining may be that changes in premium pricing may mean some people could sign up for a better health insurance plan that costs them less money.
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A draft of the bipartisan legislation obtained by NPR would restore subsidies to insurance companies to assist low-income consumers and require them to go to consumers as rebates.