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At A Time Of Great Need, Public Health Lacks ‘Lobbying Muscle’

(By Angela Hart for Kaiser Health News) SACRAMENTO — If there were ever a time for more public health funding,

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The cost of cancer-related care is projected to increase 34 percent in the next

It is estimated that a healthy 65-year-old couple retiring in 2020 is projected to spend approximately $351,000 in today’s dollars

(By Hannah Hagemann for NPR) On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered Amazon and eBay to stop selling certain pesticide-containing

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) The coronavirus pandemic — and the economic fallout that has come with it

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) All 50 states filed a lawsuit June 10 accusing 26 drugmakers and 10 individuals

The IRS hopes to create a new way to pay for routine care by allowing individuals or families to use

Many Medicare beneficiaries believe that everyone pays the same amount for their Medicare Parts B and D, but that’s not

To ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to receive medically necessary care –while protecting the Medicare Trust Fund from improper payments

(Juliette Cubanski, Karyn Schwartz, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation) On May 1, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration