| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Senators push Justice Department to halt health insurance mergers | | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 4:01 PM | |
| | Seven Democratic U.S. senators -- including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut -- have urged the U.S. Justice Department to block the pending health insurance mega-mergers in one of the strongest stances to... |
| Patients sue Wash. hospital over charity-care dispute | | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:48 PM | |
| | Two Washington state men have filed a class-action lawsuit against Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle, claiming the hospital failed to screen them for free or discounted care under the Washington Charity Care Act. |
| Trustees' report says Medicare will be insolvent by 2028 | | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:15 PM | |
| | The Medicare trust fund will be insolvent by 2028, according to the 2016 Medicare trustees' report released Wednesday. The prediction is a departure from the 2030 date the Obama administration outlined in the previous two reports. |
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