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Byline: RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR-Associated Press

22 Mar

COVID budget impasse halts aid to test and treat uninsured

published on March 22, 2022 - 1:59 PM

(AP) — With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, a federal agency says it can no longer cover COVID

01 Mar

Biden to launch ambitious overhaul of nursing home quality

published on March 1, 2022 - 2:20 PM

(AP) — President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union speech to launch a major overhaul of nursing

11 Jan

Medicare limits coverage of $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug

published on January 11, 2022 - 3:18 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely

13 Dec

Medicare urged to flex its power and slash back premium hike

published on December 13, 2021 - 1:55 PM

(AP) — The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should use its legal authority

19 Oct

Income test for Medicare dental under debate; gets pushback

published on October 19, 2021 - 1:27 PM

(AP) — For more than 55 years, Medicare has followed a simple policy: covered benefits are the same, no matter

14 Sep

Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash

published on September 14, 2021 - 12:51 PM

(AP) — Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last

30 Aug

US health agency will prod hospitals to cut carbon emissions

published on August 30, 2021 - 1:44 PM

(AP) — The Biden administration on Monday launched a new health office that will prod hospitals to cut carbon emissions,

10 Aug

Nursing home overhaul bill would boost staffing, oversight

published on August 10, 2021 - 12:45 PM

(AP) — Responding to the ravages of COVID-19 in nursing homes, senior Democratic senators Tuesday introduced legislation to increase nurse

18 Mar

Becerra confirmed to shepherd Biden’s ambitious health plans

published on March 18, 2021 - 1:26 PM

(AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as President Joe Biden’s health secretary, filling a

28 Jan

Biden opens sign-up window for uninsured in time of COVID-19

published on January 28, 2021 - 1:17 PM

(AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window, offering

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