Too big to care: It is time for a Glass-Steagall Act for health care

The attack, which initially threatened to crash the American healthcare system and is still throwing roadblocks in the way of patient care and medical reimbursements, has led to 60 percent of the ... Read More

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved ... Read More

House health care bill aims to contain costs, set rules to prevent another Steward crisis

A sweeping new ... the health care system, and on bolstering accountability within the industry, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that everyone in Massachusetts has access to quality, affordable ... Read More

FTC's new ban on noncompetes has big impact on health care industry

Although the FTC estimates that the final rule will increase health care worker earnings by $300 million annually, the American Hospital Association highlighted retention difficulties in the ... Read More

Why haven't Kansas and Alabama — among other holdouts — expanded access to Medicaid?

Every day, Dr. Brittney Anderson has to turn away new patients at her small ... Rose Conlon covers health care for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. Drew Hawkins covers health equity for the Gulf ... Read More

House panel threatens to subpoena Biden’s Labor chief over return-to-work plan

Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, on Wednesday threatened to subpoena acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for information regarding the department’s ... Read More

J&J Seeks Backing for $11 Billion Baby Powder Cancer Deal

Johnson & Johnson will ask thousands of people suing over its allegedly tainted baby powder to vote for a settlement that would resolve all litigation for $11 billion — $2.1 billion more than the ... Read More

Loblaw CEO 'cautiously optimistic' about grocery code of conduct

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.'s new chief executive said he's 'cautiously optimistic' that the company will be able to come to an agreement on the grocery code of conduct. Read More

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

It was a victory for the strategy Speaker Mike Johnson set in motion this week after he agonized for two months over the legislation. Read More

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it ... Read More