Tag: Health

The legislation, dubbed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, represents a relatively rare instance in which Democrats and Republicans have agreed to tweak the 2010 healthcare law.Â (AP file photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama signs Obamacare change

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 8, 2015 4:16 pm

Whole FoodsÂ is recalling all of its cut, wrapped and weighed Papillion organic Roquefort cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with a deadly bacteria called Listeria moncytogenes.Â (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Whole Foods recalls contaminated Roquefort cheese

Robert King · October 8, 2015 2:58 pm

The 89-year-old former representative was admitted on Monday for evaluation and a heart-related procedure. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Former Rep. Dingell in the hospital for heart issues

Daniel Chaitin · October 7, 2015 9:26 pm

In this Feb. 3, 2015 photo, Flint residents receive free water being distributed at the Lincoln Park United Methodist Church in Flint, Mich.Â Bottles of water are being donated from businesses and nonprofits around the state.Â (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

EPA not stepping in to help Flint, Mich. water crisis

Kyle Feldscher · October 7, 2015 4:01 am

Susan Lynch, a nurse practitioner, checks over a patients electronic medical records, at the Central Florida Family Health Center in Sanford, Fla., Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Feds won’t delay electronic records rule

Robert King · October 6, 2015 10:01 pm

Demi Lovato lobbies Congress for mental health reform

Joshua Axelrod · October 6, 2015 7:38 pm

Drug prices spike under Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 6, 2015 4:01 am

Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her late daughter, Brittany Maynard, as she receives congratulations from Ellen Pontac, left, after a right-to die measure was approved by the state Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California governor signs right-to-die bill

Robert King · October 5, 2015 8:49 pm

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, Dr. Russell Dohner, right, talks with nurse Rose Busby about a patient's prescription in Rushville, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Why Washington doesn’t have all the answers to policy

Michael Barone · October 5, 2015 4:02 am

An update to the billing codes was long overdue, since the current ICD-9 system has been in place since 1979. (AP photo)

Healthcare billing gets really specific

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

A Sierra Club volunteer Becky Williams uses a megaphone in Little Rock, Ark., at a rally against a coal-fired power plant near a large inflatable depicting a hand holding an asthma inhaler.Â Ozone is the primary component in smog and typically concentrates in high population areas. It particularly affects people with asthma, children and the elderly.Â Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA tries to appease green groups mad about ozone rules

Kyle Feldscher · October 1, 2015 6:59 pm

Little Sisters of the Poor is the group that sought protection from Obamacare's mandate to offer birth control and other drugs in violation of their religious beliefs. (AP photo)

The Supreme Court sleeper case that everyone should be watching

Kerri Kupec · September 30, 2015 4:01 am