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Daily on Healthcare: Trump’s HHS pick leaves door open for Medicare negotiating drug prices

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January 9, 2018 5:02 pm

The individual mandate penalties from Obamacare will no longer apply beginning in 2019. Insurers have warned that without a replacement for the mandate more companies would leave the exchanges and the prices of premiums would increase. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Maryland lawmakers introduce replacement for Obamacare individual mandate

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January 9, 2018 4:29 pm

A police detective inspects an SUV that was damaged by bullets at a crime scene in Chicago on Sept. 3. Gun violence is a leading cause of death for African Americans ages 1 to 44. While African Americans comprise approximately 13 percent of the U.S. population, they experience nearly 24 percent of all firearm deaths and more than 54 percent of all firearm homicides. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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The fight over NIH research on gun violence

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January 9, 2018 5:01 am

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Congressional staffer profile: For Robin Kelly’s health equity adviser, policy is in her blood

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January 9, 2018 5:01 am

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Centene: 1.4 million signed up for Obamacare plans

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January 9, 2018 1:10 am

Anti-abortion groups are pressing for the vote to happen Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide. (AP)

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Senate vote on 20-week abortion ban coming this month

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January 8, 2018 10:05 pm

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Daily on Healthcare: HHS nominee to face questions on drug prices and Obamacare during confirmation hearing

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January 8, 2018 5:06 pm

The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. (iStock photo)

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Koch-backed group urges passage of ‘Right to Try’ bill allowing experimental drugs for terminal patients

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January 8, 2018 2:31 pm

Responding to a report which said that several lawmakers asked a psychiatrist about President Trump's mental health, he tweeted on Saturday:

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Trump snaps at claims he is mentally unfit: I would qualify as ‘a very stable genius’

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January 6, 2018 1:01 pm

The report projects that without funding the Children's Health Insurance Program the federal government ultimately would pay more because enrollment in Obamacare plans would increase. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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CBO: Repeal of Obamacare individual mandate lowers cost of CHIP

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January 5, 2018 9:05 pm

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Kimberly Leonard

Daily on Healthcare: Trump’s HHS pick leaves door open for Medicare negotiating drug prices

Maryland lawmakers introduce replacement for Obamacare individual mandate

The fight over NIH research on gun violence

Congressional staffer profile: For Robin Kelly’s health equity adviser, policy is in her blood

Centene: 1.4 million signed up for Obamacare plans

Senate vote on 20-week abortion ban coming this month

Daily on Healthcare: HHS nominee to face questions on drug prices and Obamacare during confirmation hearing

Koch-backed group urges passage of ‘Right to Try’ bill allowing experimental drugs for terminal patients

Trump snaps at claims he is mentally unfit: I would qualify as ‘a very stable genius’

CBO: Repeal of Obamacare individual mandate lowers cost of CHIP

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