Tag: Health

In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, Enrollment counselor Vue Yang, left, goes over some of the health insurance plans available to Laura San Nicolas, center, accompanied by her daughter, Geena, 17, while enrolling for health insurance at Sacramento Covered in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Clinton calls Obamacare concerns ‘glitches’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 19, 2015 5:22 am

A report found that in 2014 the HHS gave out loans to failed consumer-oriented and operated plans, despite clear warning signs they weren't reliable. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Many more Americans choosing Obamacare plans

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 18, 2015 7:11 pm

"The VA has conceded that it will no longer deny disability benefits to Camp Lejeune victims based on ridiculous scientific claims," Burr said. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

Veterans win victory over VA in toxic water case

Sarah Bedford · December 18, 2015 5:01 am

"Mr. Hastert has suffered a stroke and has been treated for Sepsis. While in the hospital, two back surgeries were performed," said Hastert's attorney. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Ex-Speaker Hastert recovering from stroke

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 17, 2015 7:50 pm

Administration officials have admitted that the third year of enrollment in health plans offered through the Obamacare marketplaces will prove the most challenging yet. (AP Photo)

Poll shows challenges for Obamacare enrollment

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 17, 2015 8:00 am

Patrick Lamanske of Champaign, Ill., works with Amanda Ziemnisky, right, of the Champaign Urbana Public Health District office to try to sign his wife, Ping Lamanske, left, up for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

Obamacare enrollees face higher premiums next year

Robert King · December 16, 2015 8:16 pm

Congress prohibited the Food and Drug Administration from introducing foods containing genetically engineered salmon for interstate commerce as part of a $1.1 trillion spending bill released early Wednesday. (AP Photo)

No Frankenfish for you … yet

Robert King · December 16, 2015 6:18 pm

The deadline for getting Obamacare coverage was supposed to expire at midnight Dec. 15, but the administration announced that it will now be midnight Thursday. (AP Photo)

Obamacare coverage deadline extended

Robert King · December 16, 2015 1:53 am

The researchers stressed that it's better for policymakers to tax certain ingredients rather than products, in order to reduce the risk that consumers will just substitute one unhealthy item for another. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Does taxing unhealthy foods work?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 15, 2015 5:01 am

The measures come as federal safety officials are still trying to get a handle on a multi-state outbreak of E. coli at the popular eatery Chipotle. (AP Photo)

Gov’t pushes new ways to stop food illnesses

Robert King · December 14, 2015 8:53 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's personal physician claims he would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Trump’s doctor: He’d be ‘healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 14, 2015 7:10 pm

Trump Would be ‘The Healthiest Individual Ever Elected to the Presidency’

Ethan Epstein · December 14, 2015 2:05 pm