| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Federal VA healthcare program jeopardizes Alaska system | | Friday, June 19, 2015 6:54 PM | |
| | A new program to deliver healthcare to veterans across the nation has jeopardized the Alaska system used as a model, triggering outrage from the state's U.S. senators and frustration from vets. |
| Blame premium increases on the ACA? | | Friday, June 19, 2015 5:00 PM | |
| | A House subcommittee Wednesday will debate the impact of the Affordable Care Act on premiums. Some believe premiums have skyrocketed because of the health reform law. Health insurance experts say it's complicated. |
| Transplant community still split on organ donation and allocation | | Friday, June 19, 2015 4:29 PM | |
| | Geographic disparities in access to organs remains a big problem in the U.S., and some members of the transplant community say a pending plan to fix it focuses too much on "shuffling organs" and too little on boosting stagnant donation rates. |
| House budget proposal could eliminate AHRQ | | Friday, June 19, 2015 2:35 PM | |
| | The National Institutes of Health is slated to receive a $1.1 billion funding boost in fiscal 2016 under a draft bill released this week by House lawmakers. The same budget calls for a number of cuts, including eliminating the Agency for Healthcare... |
| ACA repeal would boost economy but add to deficit: CBO | | Friday, June 19, 2015 2:00 PM | |
| | Repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law would modestly increase the budget deficit even as it boosts the economy, according to a nonpartisan government study released Friday. |
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