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Obamacare critic confirmed as US health secretary

The US Senate narrowly confirmed Tom Price as President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary Friday, appointing a fierce Obamacare critic who aims to implement a Republican promise to tear up the divisive health care ...

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Poll: Americans of all stripes say fix health care

Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to "Obamacare," she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. This makes her chuckle amid ...

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As Obama's term winds down, resistance to Obamacare diminishes

(HealthDay)—Public support for full repeal of Obamacare is softening, with most Americans saying they'd rather leave the law as is or have it improved by changing some parts of it, according to the latest HealthDay/Harris ...

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Why insurance companies control your medical care

It's that time of year again. Insurance companies that participate in the Affordable Care Act's state health exchanges are signaling that prices will rise dramatically this fall.

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Curing health care with a dose of big data and common sense

While commanding four vessels sailing between England and India in 1601, Captain James Lancaster performed one of the great experiments in medical history. Each of the seamen on just one ship – his own, of course – was ...

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Clinton edges Trump on health care, survey finds

(HealthDay)—More Americans trust Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to do a good job on health care issues than Republican rival Donald Trump, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll reports.

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