health care

House Speaker Paul Ryan is leading efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes And Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies

8:01pm March 06, 2017

After weeks of internal debate, House Republicans have released their plan for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. It faces challenges from within the GOP, from interest groups — and the public.

In this 1989 photograph, Thomas Starzl oversees a liver transplant operation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Starzl won a National Medal of Science in 2004.

Thomas Starzl, Trailblazer In Organ Transplantation, Dies At 90

3:38pm March 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The doctor, who performed the world's first liver transplant surgery in 1963, eventually earned the moniker "father of transplantation."

Medics tend to an Iraqi counterterrorism fighter injured in a clash with ISIS forces near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edge of Mosul.

Health & Safety

No One Was Prepared To Care For So Many Wounded In Mosul

11:29am March 05, 2017

by Alice Fordham

The number of wounded civilians and fighters is higher than expected in the battle to force ISIS from the Iraqi city. Care is coming from several sources, including U.S. forces.

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ALS patients and their families rallied for expanded access to experimental drugs in Washington, D.C. on May 11, 2015.

Patients Demand The 'Right To Try' Experimental Drugs, But Costs Can Be Steep

4:46pm March 03, 2017

by Carrie Feibel

Terminally ill patients want easier access to candidate medicines still in the earliest stages of testing. While 33 states have passed laws to enable that, ethicists also warn of big risks.

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People are talking about the ACA at town hall meetings around the nation, like this one with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina last month.

Americans Conflicted Over GOP Plans To Dump Obamacare

1:22pm March 03, 2017

by Jay Hancock

Growing public support for the Affordable Care Act seems to be at odds with the GOP's plans to repeal and replace it.

A new poll out by Truven looks at how people feel about narcotic painkillers.

POLL: More People Are Taking Opioids, Even As Their Concerns Rise

5:00am March 03, 2017

by Jessica Boddy

The number of people who have used opioid painkillers is still rising, according to a new NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll. But they're also worried about addiction, overdose and side effects.

Rep. Frank Pallone still hasn't been given a chance to see the Republicans' bill that would replace the ACA. "I think they're afraid," the Democrat from New Jersey said of his Republican colleagues. "I think they're afraid that it will show that it really

One Democrat's Hunt For The Hidden Obamacare Replacement Bill

8:51pm March 02, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

Republicans in Congress were invited Thursday to view a draft of the House bill aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare. But Democrats who wanted a look came up empty in a game of "find the bill."

Republican Hard-Liners Oppose Health Care Plan Led By Paul Ryan

7:14pm March 02, 2017

by Susan Davis

Some conservative members of Congress and activists who bedeviled GOP leadership during the Obama administration are back again in opposition to the health care plan led by House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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Democrats believe they have a good chance to keep the Affordable Care Act in place.

Schumer Says GOP Division Gives Democrats A Chance To Save Obamacare

5:49pm March 02, 2017

by Brian Naylor

As Republicans struggle to come up with an alternative they can pass, the Democratic leader in the Senate says odds are good Obamacare remains in place.

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In response to an anti-abortion march in McAllen, Texas, many pro-abortion rights demonstrators encircled the Whole Woman's Health clinic, which is the only abortion provider in the Rio Grande Valley.

At Texas Clinic, 2 Women Explain What Changed Their Minds On Abortion

2:08pm March 02, 2017

by Maya Cueva

Since the election of Donald Trump, the abortion debate has been ramping up. At one clinic in Texas, two women on opposite sides recently changed their minds about how they view abortion.

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