The federal government’s change in reporting procedure has created widespread confusion.
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What we know — and don’t know — about possible coronavirus treatments promoted by Trump
Little evidence that decades-old anti-malarial drugs work for the treatment or prevention of coronavirus, but here’s what we do know.
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‘Extreme’ use of painkillers, doctor shopping, plague Medicare, says report
The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has found that heavy painkiller use and abuse remains a serious problem in Medicare’s prescription drug program, known as Part D, which serves more than 43 million seniors and disabled people.
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The Medicaid threat that isn’t getting much attention
No corner of the health care system would be harder hit than Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor, if Republican leaders in Congress round up the votes to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act.
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Fact-checking elected officials on the Affordable Care Act repeal
Dismayed by the results of the 2016 election, Meg Godfrey decided she needed to do more than vote, share social media posts and sign online petitions. So she went to the website of Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and typed a note in support of the Affordable Care Act. “I asked him to use my tax dollars to provide health care to his constituents just like my tax dollars provide health care for him and his family,” she said she wrote. A short while later, Godfrey received an email reply from Blunt, essentially a form letter explaining why he supported the law’s repeal.