Health care
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., notes that the drugmaker has made over $20 billion in profits over the past two years, and the U.S. government contributed billions toward the shots' development.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Troubled U.S. organ transplant system targeted for overhaul
Federal health official announces plans to break up the monopoly power of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which has run the system for nearly 4 decades.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2023
Senior care is crushingly expensive. Boomers aren’t ready.
An estimated 18 million middle-income baby boomers will not have enough to pay for care for moderate to severe needs, according to one analysis.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear can veto it, but the Legislature would be able to override his decision.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2023
In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies
A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2023
Long-used abortion pill in U.S. under threat in Texas lawsuit
A federal judge is being asked to revoke or suspend the FDA's drug's approval of the drug 23 years ago, an unprecedented challenge to the federal agency's role.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2023
South Carolina Republicans propose death penalty for women getting abortions
State Rep. Rob Harris, who sponsored the South Carolina Pre-Natal Equal Protection Act, said the bill's intent is to save babies.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2023
House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19
U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2023
Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it endangered their lives
The group wants clarification of the law, which they say is written vaguely and has made medical professionals wary of facing liability if the state does not consider the situation a medical emergency.
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