by Brock Hall | Oct 2, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – The head of Medicare and Medicaid called Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All proposal “absolutely lousy” Tuesday and said instead that Medicaid recipients need incentives to work their way out of poverty. Seema Verma defended the Trump administration’s...
by Basma Amer | Aug 30, 2018 | Health
Abigail and Tazmine, two college students, speak about challenges they face with their mental health conditions....
by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Aug 28, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — A growing number of big companies are moving to help cut the price of prescription drugs for their workers as pressure builds on the health-care industry to rein in rising costs. Businesses have grown frustrated by what they view as a murky and outdated...
by Ashley Graham | Aug 21, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON– A group of North Dakotans met with their senators at the Capitol on Wednesday to advocate for citizens with pre-existing health conditions. The group met with North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp and the office of Senator John Hoeven to share their...
by Jinman Li | Aug 11, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – Big companies are fighting back against the spiraling costs of employee health care by shaking up how care is delivered and paid for – including direct contracting with health care providers or tying pay to quality of total patient care, a new report...
by Basma Amer | Jul 31, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – It is a well-documented fact that freezing temperatures cause immense harm to homeless people. But, according to several Washington, D.C., homeless advocates, the ill effects of extremely hot weather can sometimes be even worse. “Extreme hot...
