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Democrats moved swiftly on Friday to assail Republican senators for voting against a major Medicare bill and said the Republicans should be held responsible for a 10 percent cut...

but they have carved out exemptions for a few institutions represented by influential senators and well-connected lobbyists.

The National Institutes of Health is seeking those patients — and ones who qualify could get some free care at the government's top research hospital as scientists study why they're sick.

...wouldn't also have to worry about losing their jobs or their health insurance under anti-discrimination legislation the Senate passed Thursday.

Employers and patients in corporate health plans are not the only ones affected by the soaring prices of specialty drugs. Enrollees in Medicare drug plans are also feeling the pressure.

... the House on Wednesday passed a bill requiring most group health plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of mental illnesses...

CHICAGO — Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.

...to examine our nation's system for assuring that all of our imported products are safe.

Businesses, individuals wrestle with implications of universal insurance