Health Care

Trump Administration Proposes Stricter Obamacare Rules

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed changes to the Obamacare individual insurance market that insurers welcomed as a good start but that others pointed out could raise out-of-pocket cost for consumers.

What's On Our Radar, February 15, 2017

Russia, Trump's meetings and Obamacare. Here's what's On Our Radar today: Fallout continues to mount after former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn resigned.

Merck Stops Clinical Trial of Alzheimer's Drug

Merck & Co. said Tuesday it stopped a clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer's drug because it wasn't helping patients, the latest setback in the pharmaceutical industry's quest to find a better treatment for the brain disorder.

Vermont will test new health system with Medicaid patients

About 30,000 of Vermont's Medicaid patients will take part in a pilot project that will test a new health care payment system designed to reward providers for keeping patients healthy, rather than paying them to cure people who are already sick, Gov. Phil Scott said Wednesday.