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US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Chris duMond/Getty Images)

Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to health

Stephanie Armour, Julie Appleby, Julie Rovner
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

Want a clue on health care costs in advance? New tools take a crack at it

Julie Appleby
Doctor examining a woman at home and listening to her chest with a stethoscope (Getty Images/Hispanolistic)

Shopping for ACA health insurance? Here’s what’s new this year

Julie Appleby
Gavel and medicine (Getty Images)

Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

Julie Appleby
Scene setter images outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Judge’s ruling on CDC mask mandate highlights the limits of the agency’s power

Sam Whitehead, Julie Appleby
Young woman getting online medical help and advice during video-call with doctor (iStock/Getty Images)

Post-pandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Julie Appleby
A group gathered at an anti-vaccine protest (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

The unvaccinated face a series of hurdles if they want to work

Julie Appleby
Close up view of a doctor wearing surgical mask and a face shield in a hospital COVID ward. (Getty Images)

Michigan’s outbreak worries scientists. Will conservative outposts keep pandemic rolling?

Julie Appleby
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In his continued sparring with Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul oversimplified the science

Julie Appleby
A car with US President Trump drives past supporters in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. - US President Donald Trump drove past supporters outside the hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19, after announcing on Twitter a "suprise visit" to his backers. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump?

Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight
An engineer shows an experimental vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

5 things to know about a COVID vaccine: It won’t be a “magic wand”

Julie Appleby
Michael Spatz, L, a volunteer with the Alexandria medical reserve corps, helps AshaLetia Henderson through her first positive-case call as a coronavirus contact tracer, where the Alexandria Health Department set up offices for coronavirus contact tracing and investigations at the Oswald Durant Arts Center in Alexandria, VA, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Conspiracy theories debunked: Here’s what COVID contact tracers really do

Julie Appleby
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Mike Pence leaves out key details about coronavirus testing

Julie Appleby
Michael Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Getting to the heart of presidential fitness: how much do we need to know?

Julie Appleby
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In-home teeth-straightening business is booming ― but better brace yourself

Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight
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White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Julie Appleby
Donald Trump shows an executive order which he just signed on health insurance (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

President Trump promises a “phenomenal” health plan. What might that mean?

Julie Appleby
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DOJ lawyers try new tricks to undo Obamacare. Will it work?

Julie Appleby
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Association insurance pushes on despite court ruling

Julie Appleby
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Workplace wellness programs barely move the needle, study finds

Julie Appleby
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, Cinder Sonis, right, an advocate with Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, helps a customer enroll in an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan in Honolulu. Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump's main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it's unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File) (AP)

New health plans expose the insured to more risk

Julie Appleby
Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the headquarters of the AFL-CIO January 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Federal shutdown mostly spares health coverage, but other issues loom

Julie Appleby
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High stakes, entrenched interests and the Trump rollback of environmental regulations

Julie Appleby
(AP/Jacquelyn Martin))

With one hand, administration boosts ACA marketplaces, weakens them with another

Julie Appleby
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