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Colleges see growing need for mental health services
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With anxiety and depression on the rise, counseling centers respond.
Canceled coal study means less data on health risks of mountaintop removal
The Interior Department is stopping a two-year study on the health risks of mountaintop-removal coal mining for people who live nearby. The study was looking at the connection between mining waste and reported increases in heart and lung disease, cancer and birth defects. Some see an end run around industry regulation. Industry says there’s not […]
Why the government believes seniors are paying $200 million more for drugs than they need to
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Critics say a controversial program that provides hospitals with deep discounts is being abused.
Why pharma companies are bowing out of generics
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Many generic drugs have become so cheap, they have pencil-thin profit margins.
Obamacare repeal reeling after Senate defeat
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All Democrats and three Republicans voted "no."
More Americans are working through cancer
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Sen. McCain is one out of millions of Americans who return to work after cancer treatment or diagnosis.
The part of Obamacare even Republicans like
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The ACA's Innovation Center finds ways to slow spending while looking out for patients.
Our unquenchable thirst for bottled water
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The solution could be as close as your kitchen tap.
What does the uncertainty around health care mean for insurers?
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How insurance companies feel about the market has a big impact on consumers.
Will the GOP learn from the health care battle as it gears up for a tax fight?
In a bid to avoid the legislative fiasco that was the attempt at Obamacare repeal, the GOP has tried to take a more deliberate approach to its next big priority — tax reform. The White House said it has held “hundreds of listening sessions” on the topic, and Politico reports that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and […]