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Nine in 10 voters say access to health care in rural communities is important, and three in five would be more likely to vote for a candidate who prioritized it.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday approved a Medicaid state plan amendment allowing Washington state to negotiate supplemental rebate agreements with drug makers based on value.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held a hearing on its discussion draft of bipartisan legislation to address surprise medical bills.
The House Ways and Means Committee today held a hearing on 鈥淧athways to Universal Health Coverage,鈥 which debated various options to expand access to health coverage, ranging from Medicare for All to improving existing coverage. 
The World Health Organization has confirmed the first cases of Ebola in Uganda since 2013.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended a pill that helps prevent the spread of HIV to high-risk patients.
More than half of the 4.2 million Americans who reported misusing prescription opioids when surveyed between 2012 and 2014 also reported binge drinking, according to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
AHA's Physician Alliance will host a webinar on how artificial intelligence technology is being used to optimize practice and reduce clinician burden
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week announced changes to the timeline for state surveyors to investigate in hospitals or critical access hospitals complaints specific to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or to deaths associated with restraint or seclusion.
The American Medical Association Saturday named as its president-elect Susan Bailey, M.D., an allergist and immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas.