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Why insurance companies control your medical care
It’s that time of year again. Insurance companies that participate in the Affordable Care Act’s state health exchanges ... Read more
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Pennsylvania governor asks lawmakers to move quickly on anti-drug bills
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf used a rare speech to a joint session of the Legislature to call ... Read more
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Opioid crisis in rural areas may be tackled through telemedicine
GILES COUNTY, Va. - Robert Devereaux is a family physician in this southwest corner of Virginia, where problems ... Read more
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Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
WASHINGTON - Late last year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack strode into the Oval Office to tell President Barack ... Read more
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Indiana fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm to inseminate patients
Several people seeking their biological fathers made unsettling discoveries which have led to a retired fertility doctor being ... Read more
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Man who helped Boston bombing victims fulfills dream of becoming a police officer
DANVERS, Mass. — The use of a blood thinner after four knee surgeries nearly derailed Mike Chase’s dream ... Read more
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Surgeons hope to do the world’s first head transplant – and a head has been offered
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This brain-eating amoeba kills 97 percent of the people it infects. Not Sebastian DeLeon.
When his headache became so excruciatingly painful he couldn't stand to be touched, the parents of 16-year-old Sebastian ... Read more
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Veterans groups wary of Trump’s call for VA reform
WASHINGTON - Beset with controversy over long wait times, the Veterans Health Administration is a popular target for ... Read more
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In Miami, Zika’s arrival greeted with worry — and shrugs
MIAMI — Liz Tracy, 36, pregnant and worried, has had a long few days. When news came last week ... Read more