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Published on March 5, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s plan to expand mental health and drug abuse treatment would pour hundreds of millions of dollars into suicide...
Published on September 27, 2020 - Page 17
WASHINGTON — A sharp decline in routine medical care for low-income children during the coronavirus shutdown could cause long-term harm if not...
Published on June 23, 2020 - Page 9
WASHINGTON — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is simmering over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population...
Published on November 9, 2019 - Page 4
WASHINGTON — Medicare’s “Part B” premium for outpatient care will rise by nearly 7% to $144.60 a month next year, officials said Friday. They blamed...
Published on August 8, 2019 - Page 5
WASHINGTON — Expanding access to a promising but costly treatment, Medicare said Wednesday it will cover for some blood cancers a breakthrough gene...
Published on June 23, 2019 - Page 1
WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every six times someone is taken to an emergency room or checks in to the hospital, the treatment is followed by a “...
Published on January 27, 2016 - Page 22
WASHINGTON — Millions of young adults healthy enough to think they don’t need insurance face painful choices this year as the sign-up deadline...
Published on May 30, 2014 - Page 5
WASHINGTON — From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal...
Published on February 7, 2014 - Page 13
WASHINGTON — Wanted: Millions of uninsured Americans willing to give President Barack Obama’s health care law a chance. With time running out, it...
Published on November 23, 2013 - Page 8
WASHINGTON — There won’t be a magic moment, but the Obama administration’s much-maligned health insurance website should be able to weather an...