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Trump is trying to deny coverage for trans health care. Here's how you can stop him.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule removing gender-affirming treatment from essential healthcare benefits covered by insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the 2010 federal law…

Expo Healthcare Pavilion displays iPS tech and 'human washing machine

A preview ceremony was held Sunday for the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion to be run by the prefecture and city of Osaka at the 2025 World Exposition, which begins next month in the city. Inside the pavilion, a myocardial cell sheet using induced…

UBS Hires RBC Capital Biotech Bankers in US Health-Care Push

UBS Group AG has hired three investment bankers specializing in biotechnology from RBC Capital Markets as the bank looks to expand its health-care dealmaking in the US. Noël Brown will become head of biotechnology at UBS, while Tim Chung and…

Six Effective Strategies To Successfully Scale Within Healthcare

Ahzam Afzal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Puzzle Healthcare. The rapidly growing U.S. healthcare market presents significant opportunities for businesses to scale to meet patient needs. In 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

What Exactly Is Quantum Computing? And Why Is It Important For Healthcare?

Amidst the once-in-a-generation buzz around artificial intelligence, a new subject area has slowly but definitively gained steam in the last few years: quantum computing. The concept has become especially popular over the last year, as the world's…

Red States Are Paying For California's Illegal Aliens' Health Care

In 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proudly made California the first state to offer medical care for people who entered the country illegally and reside in the Golden State. However, the cost, estimated at almost $8 billion, is being paid by all…

91% Of Healthcare Is Government Subsidized. Is Your Coverage Safe?

Most Americans believe their healthcare is private, and they prefer it that way. Gallup polling consistently shows the majority favors a system based on private insurance rather than government-run healthcare. But here's a surprising reality: 91%…

Measures for Health Care Providers to Mitigate the Risks Posed by the Use of Armed Drones in Myanmar - Myanmar

Health care workers in Myanmar face an urgent and growing threat—armed drones targeting hospitals, mobile clinics, and aid operations. These attacks endanger lives and access to critical care. Our latest report provides practical measures to…

New bipartisan proposal targets 'one of the most egregious' kinds of fraud ravaging healthcare industry

EXCLUSIVE: A Medicaid and Medicare fraud crackdown is anticipated with a bipartisan congressional proposal to check Social Security Administration death records. The legislation, dubbed the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, would mandate…

Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum…

Maine lawmakers, DHHS push for more access to Medicaid funding for mental health care

AUGUSTA, Maine — Two legislators and the Mills administration are pushing forward overlapping proposals to secure expanded Medicaid coverage from the federal government for psychiatric care. A bill backed by Democratic Sen. Joe Baldacci and…

Energy And Healthcare Stocks Are Big Winners This Year

The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF is up 8.0% so far this year, far ahead of the broad market, which is nursing a 3.5% year-to-date loss. Healthcare stocks are a strong runner-up performer, rising 6.6%. There's nothing trivial about the red ink for…

Roper Technologies to buy healthcare tech firm CentralReach for $1.65 billion

(Reuters) -Roper Technologies agreed to acquire healthcare technology company CentralReach from Insight Partners for about $1.65 billion, the software company said on Monday. The acquisition, which follows Roper's purchase of two cloud-based…

American Healthcare REIT Has Growth Potential But Is A Hold Due To Valuation (NYSE:AHR)

American Healthcare REIT is a diversified REIT focusing on senior care properties, showing strong growth and benefiting from the aging population trend. AHR's recent performance includes an 8.5% same-store growth and a 21.6% increase in Net…