Senate Health Plan Falls Short of Promise for Cheaper Care, Experts Say
Republicans and President Trump have said a new health law would make it easier and more affordable to get care. But the opposite may be true.
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Photo CreditMargaret Cheatham Williams/The New York Times Insurers Battle Families Over Costly Drug for Fatal Disease
The case of Exondys 51 poses emotionally charged issues for families of young boys with a rare illness, who are fighting companies to get coverage for an expensive drug approved on a lower bar of proof.
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How Medicaid Works, and Who It Covers
One of the biggest flash points in the debate over Republican health care legislation is the future of Medicaid. Here are some basic facts about the 52-year-old program.
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Photo CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid
Senate Republican leaders released their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, even as enough senators to block it declared their opposition.
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Ask Well
Photo CreditMoriel NessAiver Do M.R.I. Scans Cause Any Harm?
Magnetic resonance imaging doesn’t carry the radiation risks of X-rays or PET scans. But there are safety issues to watch out for.
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Photo CreditSarah Beth Glicksteen for The New York Times The Weekly Health Quiz: Pool Parasites, Death Rattle and Food as Medicine
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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Photo CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times Draft Order on Drug Prices Proposes Easing Regulations
A draft of an executive order obtained by The Times appears to give the drug industry what it wants with no guarantee that consumer costs will fall.
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Photo Credit Dr. Andrew Weil Says We’re Taking Too Many Medicines
In his new book, “Mind Over Meds,” the champion of integrative medicine continues his fight against overmedication.
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Phys Ed
Photo CreditGetty Images To Train an Athlete, Add 12 Minutes of Meditation to the Daily Mix
Division I football players who learned mindfulness meditation or relaxation techniques showed improvements in mood and attention.
The A.H.C.A.: Repealing Obamacare
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Photo Credit Republican Senator Vital to Health Bill’s Passage Won’t Support It
Senator Dean Heller of Nevada became the latest Republican to say he cannot support a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its current form.
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Photo Credit Planned Parenthood Battle Could Sway Fortunes of G.O.P. Health Bill
Planned Parenthood, threatened with a cutoff of more than 40 percent of its funding, is mobilizing to bring down the Republican health care bill.
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Public Health
Photo Credit Shifting Dollars From Poor to Rich Is a Key Part of the Senate Health Bill
The bill is aligned with long-held Republican values, jettisoning Obamacare taxes. But it would also reduce funding for the care of low-income Americans.
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Photo Credit How the G.O.P. Health Bill Would Change Medicaid
The reporter Margot Sanger-Katz examines how the Republican health plan aims to roll back a program that insures one in five Americans.
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Photo Credit Abortion Adds Obstacle as Republicans Plan to Unveil Health Bill
The Republican leadership in the Senate plans to unveil a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but senators remain divided over issues from abortion to Medicaid.
