Tag: Health

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor in July. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Newsweek combines John McCain, Trump, and cancer in a terrible clickbait tweet

Gabriella Munoz · October 30, 2017 4:45 pm

A report on federal assistance for addiction medications was released two days after President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, but did not add any new money to combatting the epidemic that kills 91 Americans a day. (iStock)

Federal money to fight opioid crisis may be going to wrong places, new report says

Robert King · October 28, 2017 4:00 pm

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, its April Prescription Drug Take Back Day yielded nearly 1 million pounds of prescription drugs. In the past 13 Take Back events, the DEA and its partners have taken in more than 8.1 million pounds of pills. (iStock)

How the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day works

Kelly Cohen · October 28, 2017 4:01 am

FEric Bolling said a coroner told him that his son's death was "ruled an accidental overdose that included opioids." He said, "We must fight against this national epidemic, too many innocent victims." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Eric Bolling: Son’s drug overdose ‘included opioids’

Eddie Scarry · October 27, 2017 1:05 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that more needs to be done to fight the U.S. opioid epidemic than just an emergency declaration from the White House. She asked to see a serious request for funding to fight the crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats say Trump must back up opioid declaration with money

Robert King · October 26, 2017 8:22 pm

President Trump on Thursday will declare a public health emergency over the opioid epidemic. Trump will direct other agencies to "reduce the death and devastation by the opioid epidemic," according to a senior administration official. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump will declare opioid epidemic a public health emergency

Kimberly Leonard · October 26, 2017 12:28 pm

Finally, it seems, someone has been asking how we will pay for this program. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

No one knows how much in costs we individually impose on the healthcare system — that’s a huge problem

Bruce Yandle · October 25, 2017 6:32 pm

President Trump's recent healthcare executive order, which was crafted with the help of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will empower individuals and small businesses in associations to purchase health insurance plans across state lines, potentially providing millions of people with access to cheaper, high-quality insurance policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Everything you need to know about Trump’s executive order on association health plans

Justin Haskins · October 24, 2017 9:46 pm

The deal between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., promises to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges, but it can only do so by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars into a broken system. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Republicans, don’t forfeit the battle against Obamacare’s insurer bailouts

Sally Pipes · October 24, 2017 9:02 pm

The Trump administration has indicated that combatting the opioid crisis is a priority. President Trump attended a listening session on the subject in March and verbally declared the epidemic an emergency in August. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to fulfill monthslong promise on opioid emergency declaration

Kimberly Leonard · October 22, 2017 4:01 am

Enrollment in Massachusetts Medicaid, also known as MassHealth, was high before, but MassHealth now covers more than one in four commonwealth residents and has expanded well beyond being a safety net to being a major insurer in the state. (iStock)

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Massachusetts shows rationing is inevitable when government is in charge of healthcare

Hadley Heath Manning · October 20, 2017 5:41 pm

Starlings gather in huge flocks to pass winter by roosting together. We're talking thousands upon thousands of birds all hunkered down in one place at one time. (iStock)

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The crazy story behind Starlings, those annoying birds

J. Mark Powell · October 19, 2017 5:24 pm