| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | GOP governors who turned down Medicaid money have hands out | | Thursday, January 19, 2017 6:30 PM | |
| | Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act now have their hands out in hopes the GOP comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans. |
| Schuchat to become acting CDC director | | Thursday, January 19, 2017 2:14 PM | |
| | Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will take over as acting head of the agency on Friday. |
| Company that Trump HHS pick invested in faced criminal fine | | Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:54 PM | |
| | Zimmer Biomet, a medical device company in which Rep. Tom Price purchased stock last year, has faced years of legal problems and agreed in December to a $17 million Justice Department criminal penalty in a foreign bribery case. |
| Mallinckrodt will pay $100 million to settle drug monopoly allegations | | Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:08 PM | |
| | Irish drugmaker Mallinckrodt and its U.S. subsidiary will pay $100 million to settle allegations it illegally hindered competition for a drug used to treat a rare seizure disorder in infants and then significantly raised the price of its product. |
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