HealthCare.gov premiums going up in 2015
December 04, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — Many HealthCare.gov customers will face higher costs next year, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday in a report that shows average premiums rising...
View ArticleFlu vaccine may be less effective this winter
December 05, 2014 NEW YORK (AP) — The flu vaccine may not be very effective this winter, according to U.S. health officials who worry this may lead to more serious illnesses and deaths. Flu season has...
View ArticleDo Americans think their health care costs are affordable?
December 18, 2014 The Cost of Health Care Fifty-two percent of Americans say they find basic medical care affordable, but that’s down from 61 percent last December. Today, for 46 percent of Americans,...
View ArticleMan walks from hospital without human heart
January 14, 2015 DETROIT — A 24-year-old Ypsilanti man has become the first person in Michigan to walk out of a hospital with a totally artificial heart. The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart is...
View ArticleCalif. has novel view of health care for illegal immigrants
January 17, 2015 PASADENA, Calif. — Angel Torres hasn’t been to the doctor since coming to the United States illegally more than two decades ago. But now, his vision is getting blurry and he frequently...
View ArticleDisney parks-linked measles outbreak grows to 70 cases
January 22, 2015 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventy people have been infected in a measles outbreak that led California public health officials to urge those who haven’t been vaccinated against the disease,...
View ArticleACLU sues feds in bid to make Catholic groups provide abortion to illegal...
April 23, 2015 Providing food and shelter to illegal immigrants isn’t enough for federally-funded Catholic organizations, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is suing the federal...
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