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[TRENDING NEWS] CVS will close 900 stores as it looks beyond traditional pharmacies.

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: November 19, 2021 at 12:36AM The company said the closures, which will affect about 9 percent of its stores in the next three years, were part of a shift in focus.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why My Hospital Bills Were Lower in Maryland

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Author: BY ELISABETH ROSENTHAL - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 02:00AM The state’s unique health system controls what hospitals can charge for services.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Denying Care to Black Natives, Indian Health Service Reverses Policy

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Author: BY MARK WALKER AND CHRIS CAMERON - Publish Date: October 8, 2021 at 11:29PM The shift comes as the Biden administration pressures Native tribes in Oklahoma to desegregate their constitutions to comply with treaty obligations.

[TRENDING NEWS] Johnson, Inviting Battle, Prepares to Break Vow on Raising Taxes

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Author: BY STEPHEN CASTLE - Publish Date: September 7, 2021 at 02:41AM Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to propose increasing the National Insurance tax to bolster social care services.

[TRENDING NEWS] Loopholes Leave Gaps in Mandated Coverage for Mental Health

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Author: BY REED ABELSON - Publish Date: August 31, 2021 at 11:58PM Health plans for state and local workers can opt out of the federal law requiring them to treat mental health like other medical conditions.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Video of Abusive Nurse, Canada’s Indigenous Seek Health Overhaul

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Author: BY DAN BILEFSKY - Publish Date: August 29, 2021 at 03:46AM The abuse last year of an Indigenous woman in a Quebec hospital has prompted outrage and underlined the discrimination facing Canada’s Indigenous community.

[TRENDING NEWS] All health care workers in New York must get vaccinated, the governor says.

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Author: BY SHARON OTTERMAN - Publish Date: August 16, 2021 at 11:35PM The mandate will apply to all hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities, public and private.

[TRENDING NEWS] Persuading the Vaccine Holdouts

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: August 9, 2021 at 11:47PM Readers’ ideas include severe penalties and denying coverage for Covid costs for the unvaccinated. Also: Women in Afghanistan; applause for the Olympics.

[TRENDING NEWS] California mandates Covid vaccines for indoor health care workers, largely removing a testing option.

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Author: BY DANIEL E. SLOTNIK - Publish Date: August 7, 2021 at 12:36AM The new policy marks a significant escalation from the requirement announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom just last week.

[TRENDING NEWS] The U.S. government will pay for the testing Biden ordered for unvaccinated federal workers.

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Author: BY SARAH KLIFF - Publish Date: July 31, 2021 at 12:59AM The decision could set a benchmark for state governments and companies now grappling with the same issue.

[TRENDING NEWS] Erin Gilmer, Disability Rights Activist, Dies at 38

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Author: BY CLAY RISEN - Publish Date: July 18, 2021 at 03:26AM She fought for a more compassionate health care system, bringing an extensive knowledge of policy and even more extensive firsthand experience as a patient.

[TRENDING NEWS] Republicans Wave the White Flag on Health Care (for Now)

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Author: BY LISA LERER - Publish Date: June 19, 2021 at 12:06AM The Supreme Court’s latest ruling moved the country’s debate over health policy into a new phase. Tough questions await both parties.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden’s approval rating rises, helped by the vaccine distribution push.

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Author: BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO - Publish Date: April 16, 2021 at 07:42AM Americans don’t think the president deserves sole credit for the widespread availability of Covid vaccines, but they like the job he’s doing getting them distributed, a new poll found.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden’s approval rating rises, helped by the vaccine distribution push.

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Author: BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO - Publish Date: April 16, 2021 at 07:42AM Americans don’t think the president deserves sole credit for the widespread availability of Covid vaccines, but they like the job he’s doing getting them distributed, a new poll found.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Extends Obamacare Enrollment Period to Aug. 15

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Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: March 24, 2021 at 06:44AM President Biden said on Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, that Americans who need health insurance would have until Aug. 15 to sign up through Healthcare.gov.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Moves to Expand Health Coverage in Pandemic Economy

Author: BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND ABBY GOODNOUGH - Publish Date: January 29, 2021 at 06:50AM President Biden ordered the reopening of Affordable Care Act exchanges and moved to restore coverage mandates and Medicaid plans undermined by his predecessor.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden plans to reopen Obamacare exchanges in many states.

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Author: BY MARGOT SANGER-KATZ - Publish Date: January 28, 2021 at 08:01AM The move will be announced on Thursday as part of an executive order describing administration policies on shoring up health insurance coverage, according to three people familiar with the details.

[TRENDING NEWS] Please, Biden, Try for 2 Million Shots a Day

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Author: BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG - Publish Date: January 26, 2021 at 07:50AM The administration’s vaccine plan isn’t ambitious enough.

[TRENDING NEWS] Republicans Can’t Handle the Truth

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Author: BY PAUL KRUGMAN - Publish Date: December 8, 2020 at 07:00AM You shouldn’t be surprised that they’re still backing Trump.

[TRENDING NEWS] Ex-Arizona Official Gets More Than 6 Years in Prison in Adoption Fraud Scheme

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: December 2, 2020 at 09:00AM Paul D. Petersen, who served as Maricopa County’s assessor, arranged for women from the Marshall Islands to fly to the United States to give birth, prosecutors said.