Biden’s Proposed Inflation Cap on Drug Prices Includes Private Insurance Plans November 22, 2021 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President Joe...
How Government Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Free for Every American October 30, 2020 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access...
20 Democratic States Seek Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act January 5, 2020 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states...
Abuse of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unreported August 29, 2017 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to...
Judge’s Approach to Curbing Malpractice Suits Gets $3 Million June 22, 2010 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar To settle medical malpractice lawsuits, Judge Douglas McKeon sometimes quietly listens to heartbroken family members vent their anger. He calls...
Republicans Once Backed Health Insurance Mandate They Now Oppose March 29, 2010 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Republicans were for President Barack Obama’s requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it. The obligation in...
Most Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Lawsuits December 6, 2009 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar and Trevor Tompson Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press...
Most Americans Want Congress to Address Cost of Malpractice Lawsuits November 20, 2009 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar and Trevor Tompson Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press...