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President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress plan to shrink the $900 billion-a-year government health insurance program, which covers 1 in 5 Americans.

Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for “insurance fairness” on the grounds that people who have joints surgically replaced typically don’t face the same kinds of coverage challenges.

Florida marijuana regulators rejected rejected Green Thumb Industries' requests to open dispensaries near or adjacent to the stores. An administrative law judge just ruled in favor of the denial.

People who received written notification about the 2023 cyberattack may submit claims to recover documented losses or receive a lump sum of $125. Sunday is the deadline to file.

The regulations, proposed in June, ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering medical information in assessing borrowers.

Here are counties with the most abortions, according to the state Agency for Health Care Administration. The numbers reflect county residents who had abortions, not necessarily where they took place.

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas.

In the federal lawsuit, the insurer claims the HHS and CMS quality ratings didn’t properly take into account disruptions caused by major flooding in 2023 in Broward County.

Look for decisions regarding Medicaid eligibility, gender-affirming care, lab-grown meat and more to make headlines in the months ahead.

The most COVID deaths, 521, were reported in Miami-Dade, followed by 449 in Palm Beach and 365 in Pinellas.

Outbreaks are often seen on cruise ships, in living situations like nursing homes and jails, along with other places where people are close together.

The most popular nasal decongestant on U.S. pharmacy shelves may not be there much longer. The FDA recently announced plans to phase out phenylephrine.