Many Hospitals Charge More Than Twice What Medicare Pays for the Same Care
Hospitals across the country are charging private insurance companies 2.5 times what they get from Medicare for the same care, according to a new RAND...
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Trump’s ‘Secret’ Health Plan Is a Promise Voters May Have Heard Before
WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump first ran for the White House, he promised to “come up with a great health plan,” one that would...
Let’s Fret the Night Together
Gail Collins: Bret, I am generally a pretty cheerful person. But I have to say that the news has been really, really depressing lately. At...
Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a far-reaching executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, but the pharmaceutical industry immediately denounced...
Coronavirus Tests Are Supposed to Be Free. The Surprise Bills Come Anyway.
The New York Times is investigating the costs associated with testing and treatment for the coronavirus and how the pandemic is changing health care in...
Health Care Powered Democratic Wins in 2018. The Party Hopes for a Repeat.
At the Democratic National Convention, viewers heard from an Arizona man whose young son was born with a congenital heart defect, a Wisconsin woman with...
Dermatology Has a Problem With Skin Color
In the spring, teenagers started showing up at doctors’ offices in droves with angry red and purple blisters on their fingers and toes. The latest...
Biden, Speaking to National Guard, Takes Aim at Republican Criticism on Crime
After a Republican National Convention week in which President Trump and his allies sought to brand Joseph R. Biden Jr. as radically anti-law enforcement, the...
A Word Not Uttered by Republican Officials at the Convention: Obamacare
ImageMitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Republicans used the term Obamacare 23 times in the prime-time viewing hours in that convention. Credit…Damon Winter/The New...
Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise
WASHINGTON — Marilyn Cortez, a retired cafeteria worker in Houston with no health insurance, spent much of July in the hospital with Covid-19. When she...