Category: Health Care
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More employer health benefits are covering weight loss drugs, study shows
“I think these drugs are so astronomically expensive that employers really are trying to sort this out, how much can…
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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
By AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter…
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A telling chart shows how health insurers found a way to boost profits by limiting care for seniors
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Say goodbye to deductibles. This health plan is simplifying health care costs and coverage.
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Kentucky healthcare advocates warn against school amendment
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Health care advocates in Kentucky gathered Wednesday to voice their opposition to this year’s proposed…
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Legal experts dismiss attempt to link Missouri abortion amendment to transgender health care
Mary Catherine Martin, center, of the conservative Thomas More Society, is surrounded by abortion opponents as she speaks to the…
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Innovations from Rural Communities Are Improving Health Care
This article is part of “Innovations In: Solutions for Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with…
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Cultural Competency in Health Care Can Save Lives
This article is part of “Innovations In: Solutions for Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with…
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Dent to focus on water, rural mental health, aviation, child care
Oct. 14—MOSES LAKE — Representative Tom Dent said water and water conservation, rural mental health and improving child care options…
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Hospitals, health care facilities begin reopening after Hurricane Milton
Hospitals, emergency departments and health care facilities across Florida are reopening after they evacuated patients and canceled elective surgeries due…