Health Care

Avalere Health, an independent consulting firm, estimated that Medicare Extra would achieve universal coverage, extending health care to 35 million uninsured individuals.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar discusses the Trump administration’s efforts to rein in drug prices.

Medical device maker Allergan Inc. is recalling a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer.

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The astronaut died on Aug. 25, 2012 shortly after arriving there for bypass surgery.

Taxpayers might be able to save on a portion of the company's medical testing services.

The bill would cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors and dissuade drugmakers from hiking prices above inflation.

Investors also continue to brace for the expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month.

Health care goes digital. How will it affect you?

A pharmaceutical company that authorities said distributed 3.7 million hydrocodone pills to a pharmacy in a West Virginia town of 400 people is at the center of a federal criminal case related to the opioid crisis.

Jonathan Gruber, the architect of the Affordable Care Act, is in favor of Joe Biden’s plan to build on Obamacare.

Democrats, however, are sharply divided about the best health care plan.

“He’s talking about doing something [about health care] but we’re doing something, it’s a big difference,” said Ken Langone.

The Food and Drug Administration is letting people know the sexual-enhancement drug contains an active ingredient not listed on the box.

The drugmaker is facing criticism over the high cost of its latest treatment.

Earnings also influenced Wall Street. UnitedHealth Group on Thursday raised its 2019 profit outlook after beating estimates for financial results through June.

UnitedHealth Group's 2Q results topped estimates on both the top and bottom lines.

The 2020 presidential hopeful stumped for his Medicare for All proposal in D.C.

Texas v. Azar continued last week, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit hearing oral arguments in the case.