by David Thill | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — How bad is the flu this year? Media reports of deaths and potentially ineffective vaccines may indicate this is an especially dangerous flu season. Just last week, California registered its 42nd flu-related death among people under the age of 65,...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, Health, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Combat veterans with less-than-honorable discharges may soon be eligible for urgent mental health care from Veterans Affairs Department facilities if the Senate follows a House decision earlier this week. “This House sent a critical message to our...
by Oyin Falana & Gerald Harris | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, Health, Politics
WASHINGTON – The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate health committee reached a deal Tuesday that would provide a two-year extension of federal health care payments to insurers to help reduce premiums for low-income earners in an effort to stabilize the health...
by Casey Egan | Sep 27, 2017 | Health, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he intends to sign an executive order “probably” next week that will allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. “I am considering an executive order on associations, and that will take...
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by Oyin Falana | Sep 27, 2017 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON– The Veterans Affairs Department plan to hire 1,000 additional mental health professionals to help reduce the number of veterans’ suicides has been stalled because it can’t get hiring authority from Congress, VA Secretary David Shulkin told a Senate...
by Casey Egan | Sep 26, 2017 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans announced Tuesday afternoon that the Graham-Cassidy health care proposal, their latest attempt to overturn Obamacare, will not be brought up for a vote this week, ending a series of failed efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act. “We...
