Doctors say US plan will alienate
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Health care professionals across the state say a new federal program that will give $1 billion to hospitals nationwide that provide emergency care to undocumented
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Rising cost projections for the new Medicare drug benefit alarmed U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday and set off renewed calls to restrain spiraling drug prices and allow pharmaceutical imports from Canada.
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A U.S. health insurance giant on Wednesday presented a proposal to reduce the number of Americans without medical coverage and said it was intended as a blueprint for U.S. policymakers.
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Doctors are to protest about a "shambolic" system which may mean 6,000 will be without training jobs.
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Just as patients should avoid doctors who recommend radical surgery for every ailment, voters should be wary of politicians eager to treat every economic ill.
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The Department of Public Health sharply criticized Tufts Health Plan's new rules for treating morbidly obese patients, saying they may make it more difficult for patients to have potentially lifesaving surgery.
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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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A US firm's controversial proposition to store stem cells from spare IVF embryos has angered UK scientists.
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Proposals to limit the use of tissues taken from living patients have been overthrown.
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Pediatricians in the United States on Monday warned that new high-deductible health plans risk compromising patient care, especially among poorer children, with the unintended consequence of increasing medical costs.
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Increased medical spending may bust future budgets - and won't make Americans healthier, says the head of the Congressional Budget Office.
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WASHINGTON - Angry US diplomats lashed out yesterday against a State Department plan that would send them to Iraq against their will, with one likening it to "a potential death threat" and another accusing the department of providing inadequate care to diplomats who have returned home traumatized
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America is "very concerned" about healthcare in retirement. That's okay with us.
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Doctors give a sceptical response to the chancellor's idea of devolving day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board.
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Medicare patients will likely have a harder time seeing a doctor if proposed cuts to the program are implemented, according to a survey of doctors released by the American Medical Association on Monday.
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The United States has the best health care system in the world, but financial barriers prevent too many Americans from getting the affordable coverage they need.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.