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Small-Business Owners and Freelancers: Tell Us About Your Health Care
Small-Business Owners and Freelancers: Tell Us About Your Health Care Required fields are marked with an asterisk. As part of our coverage of health care overhaul proposals, we’re exploring how those changes would affect small-business owners, solo entrepreneurs and freelancers — and how the current health insurance
Betsi Cadwaladr health board makes 'good progress'
Betsi Cadwaladr health board makes 'good progress' Challenges facing Betsi Cadwaladr health board in north Wales "are still evident", a report from the auditor general and healthcare inspectorate has said. But chief executive Gary Doherty said the organisation had "made pretty good progress" given its size
Can acupuncture treat women's health issues? Studies find mixed results
Can acupuncture treat women's health issues? Studies find mixed results Whether acupuncture can really help treat certain health conditions is controversial, and now two new studies on the ancient practice have reached mixed conclusions. One study found that women with stress urinary incontinence — who involuntarily urinate
Health care stocks: Rally cools as Obamacare repeal works through Congress
Health care stocks: Rally cools as Obamacare repeal works through Congress Health care stocks were mixed Friday as investors reassessed the potential effect that the Senate's proposed bill to toss out much of Obamacare could have on the bottom lines of hospitals and insurers. Investors in the health sector, which also include
Ex-official convicted of defrauding mental health clinic
Ex-official convicted of defrauding mental health clinic A member of a local politically connected family was convicted Friday of defrauding a nonprofit mental health clinic out of about $1 million for her personal benefit through a pattern of self-dealing when she was its landlord. Renee Tartaglione was
What Celebrity Surrogacy Is Really Like from One Mom Who's Been There: 'It Was Never About Money'
What Celebrity Surrogacy Is Really Like from One Mom Who's Been There: 'It Was Never About Money' As Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West consider a surrogate pregnancy, a woman who has been a surrogate says the journey to match any parent or parents with a woman who will carry a child and then give it up to them is...
AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill 'mean'
AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill 'mean' President Donald Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House-passed health care bill he helped revive is "mean" and urged them to craft a version that is "more generous," congressional sources said. Trump's remarks were a surprising slap at a
State Makes Opioid Reversal Drug Available to Health Centers
State Makes Opioid Reversal Drug Available to Health Centers BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker's administration says it is providing 10 community health centers in Massachusetts with doses of the overdose reversal drug naloxone. The Republican says it's part of a push to expand access to nalaxone, also known by the
Mental health sport project ends with football event
Mental health sport project ends with football event A project which has tackled mental health problems with sport is culminating in a football tournament. It was launched after research showed people with mental health issues are unlikely to consider themselves sporty or exercise. Weekly sessions have been
Republicans are taking a big political risk on health care
Republicans are taking a big political risk on health care Republicans are taking a big political risk on health care. They're trying to scale back major benefit programs being used by millions of people. And they're trying to do it even though much of the public is leery of drastic changes, and there's no support
