Healthcare

Measles vaccine.

US loses measles elimination status amid surge in cases: Report

Claire Carter · November 13, 2026 10:50 pm

Apartment complex in DC

Black mold’s link to fatal DC shooting: What to know

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Detroit.

Abdul el Sayed teases ‘TrumpCare’ in support of universal healthcare

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Senators launch investigation into RFK Jr. over alleged lies in confirmation testimony

"There is a rule of law that we need to enforce," Alex Azar said during a hearing before the House Ways & Means Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s new HHS secretary says he will enforce Obamacare if Idaho violates law

Robert King February 14, 2018 4:48 pm

Conservatives have long despised the cost-sharing reduction payments and President Trump halted the payments back in October. (iStock photo)

Conservative groups furious over budget nod to Obamacare payments

Robert King February 14, 2018 3:22 pm

Documents from a whistleblower suggest the Department of Health and Human Service received input from a conservative group a week before announcing new guidance on Planned Parenthood funding. (iStock)

Democrats slam Trump administration for conservative group input on Planned Parenthood defunding

Kimberly Leonard February 14, 2018 12:37 am

This 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. On Tuesday, West Virginia became the first state to get a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which affects newborns whose exposure to opioids is cut off at birth, through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

Robert King February 13, 2018 11:31 pm

On Tuesday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said that he wants to delay or even repeal the Obamacare's employer mandate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin Brady targets Obamacare’s employer mandate

Robert King February 13, 2018 11:01 pm

This legislation would help mothers keep the kid. (Congress)

Republicans propose tax credit for expecting mothers. Good.

Philip Wegmann February 13, 2018 9:58 pm

"It's unacceptable that programs that matter to #Florida could see cuts while the gov't continues to bail out private insurers to protect them from consequences of Obamacare," Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Tuesday.

Marco Rubio bashes Obamacare payments in Trump budget

Robert King February 13, 2018 7:38 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Trump gives a nod to Obamacare insurer payments

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein February 13, 2018 5:02 pm

Planned Parenthood has been working at the federal level to stave off limits that the Trump administration has placed on abortion and birth control. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Planned Parenthood launches ‘new round of offense’ to expand access to abortion

Kimberly Leonard February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

A New York Times piece showed that statin use by Medicare beneficiaries dropped from 58.9 percent at 6 months down to 41.6 percent at 2 years. Lower cost of medication was identified as one way to alleviate this problem. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Too many people don’t follow their prescriptions, but one change could fix it

Kenneth Braunstein February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

The analysis released Tuesday estimates that the cost of the opioid crisis increased from $29.1 billion in 2001 to $115 billion in 2017. It comes as Congress is adding more money to fight the epidemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001

Robert King February 13, 2018 3:05 pm

According to a speech in which CMS Administrator Seema Verma previewed the scorecard, the documentation would use data from states to track whether positive health outcomes had resulted from the policies, and will be available to the public. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump administration drafting ‘scorecard’ for Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard February 13, 2018 2:44 pm