Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks on healthcare at George Washington University on Wednesday. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday afternoon defended his sweeping single-payer health care proposal and challenged his opponents in the…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders for years has been among the sharpest critics of pharma, and the health industry has joined forces to beat back Medicare for All and other proposals to expand government health insurance. |…
Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen was ousted by the organization, saying they had philosophical differences. | Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Planned Parenthood today ousted its president Leana Wen after less than a year on the job,…
President Donald Trump would direct the health department to develop an alternative to seasonal flu vaccines, which are largely produced overseas and grown in hen’s eggs. | David Goldman/AP Photo President Donald Trump is readying…
A provision of the rule requiring clinics that provide abortions to create complete financial and physical separation between their abortion providers and other services won’t take effect until 2020. | Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump…
Patient data advocates generally agree and caution against too much paternalistic oversight that could delay data access. | Getty Images Hospital executives, with some support in Congress, are lobbying for more regulation to protect health…
Joe Biden’s campaign said the former vice president was emphasizing the need for immediate action. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images Democratic front-runner Joe Biden today will unveil a health plan that’s intended to preserve the most…
More than 85,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are preparing to strike as contract negotiations broke off without an agreement, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced Friday. The workers, who are from multiple unions in California,…
Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest, has agreed to pay $10 million to 30 states following an investigation into a data breach that exposed confidential information on more than 10…
HHS Secretary Alex Azar warned in April that any policy that fails to address drug rebates “will simply not get list prices down.” | Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration has withdrawn its sweeping proposal…