Top court: health care not a right
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OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada refused to elevate health funding to a constitutional right in a ruling that was a stunning setback for families of autistic children asking the state to pay for expensive treatment.
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The Supreme Court handed a victory  to Medtronic Inc  on Wednesday, ruling that patients  cannot sue medical-device manufacturers in state court over  harm from a device that has approval from federal regulators.
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A judge ruled Tuesday that a 16-year-old cancer patient who has refused conventional medical treatment does not have to report to a hospital as previously ordered and scheduled a trial to settle the dispute.
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A leading judge says the law has a crucial role in deciding when it is appropriate to withhold treatment from critically ill patients
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MIAMI _ Florida&#39;s highest court ruled unanimously Thursday that Gov. Jeb Bush, R, violated a &quot;cornerstone of American democracy&quot; when he overrode a court decision and ordered doctors
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The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Miami (Knight Ridder) -- In a major development that 600,000 doctors have been waiting almost a year for, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the doctors can pursue their class-action lawsuit charging the major health insurers with
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer. The 80-year-old Rehnquist spent the weekend in Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland, and underwent a tracheotomy on Saturday, the Supreme Court said Monday in a statement.
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U.S. quarantine law is in dire need of an update to protect patient rights, say legal experts.
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, 80, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in  the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy, the Supreme Court  said in a statement on Monday.
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The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.
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Access to affordable health care is the top domestic concern among Americans and a majority say the U.S. government should guarantee health insurance to every American, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Thursday.
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Our position is: Expansion of government control isn&#39;t the answer to US health-care problems. Soaring health care costs are taking an ever-larger share out of employee paychecks and eating into employer profits.
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Nine days after surgery for thyroid cancer, ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist was not on the bench when the Supreme Court convened Monday, one of several signs that his illness is more serious than first indicated.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that home care workers are not entitled to overtime pay under federal law.
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WASHINGTON, DC - The chief justice of the US Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, is in a hospital intensive care unit being treated for thyroid cancer.
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A bitter legal battle over whether the husband of a brain-damaged woman should be allowed to remove her feeding tube against the wishes of her parents reached the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.