Health Care

Senate’s revised health care bill: What’s different?

Republican senators are expected to release a revised version of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Thursday, which will leave some of the ObamaCare taxes intact and offer more flexibility to insurers, FOX Business has confirmed.

Senate health care bill: Can it pass?

The GOP released a revised bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Thursday—which keeps some of the ObamaCare taxes in place and provides $45 billion to combat opioid abuse—but the big question for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is whether he can get the needed support from his colleagues.

DOJ busts 115 medical professionals in $1.3B fraud case

Hundreds of individuals were charged with health care fraud, including more than 100 doctors and health care professionals, for their role in stealing $1.3 billion from taxpayers, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

F.D.A. panel endorses first gene-altering therapy for leukemia patients

The Food and Drug Administration has entered a new era in medicine after an FDA advisory panel endorsed a leukemia treatment that could be the first gene-altering therapy available in the U.S. The panel of cancer experts voted 10-0 Wednesday, recommending that the treatment be approved.

Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapy

Cancer experts who advise government regulators are reviewing what could be the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration panel is holding a hearing Wednesday to discuss the treatment developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis Corp.

The price dilemma over a $16,000 drug

Novartis AG recently discovered that a drug it sells for a group of very rare diseases could be used to treat a much more common ailment. There is just one problem: its $16,000-per-dose price tag.