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The answer largely depends on whether Medicare and private health insurers will adequately cover virtual doctor visits once coronavirus outbreaks subside.

To ease pressure on hospitals, Northwell Health brought medical workers, oxygen tanks and intravenous equipment into patients’ homes. Now Florida is taking cues.

An inspector general’s audit said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service used communications contractors for work that should have been performed by public servants.

The senator from Illinois joins the podcast to talk about Tucker Carlson, the vice presidency and parenting in a pandemic.

As the Trump administration pushes forward on dismantling the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are pressing their advantage on an issue that is becoming a chief focus of campaign advertising.

The United States is the only developed nation unable to balance cost, efficacy and social good in setting prices.

The pharmaceutical company spent more than $100 million on lavish meals, fishing junkets, golf outings, sporting events and speaker fees to influence doctors to prescribe its drugs, federal prosecutors said.

Americans may be equal, but some are more equal than others.

Americans may be equal, but some are more equal than others.

Ms. McGrath and John Hickenlooper, two moderate Democrats, prevailed in their Senate primaries on Tuesday. In Oklahoma, voters approved a Medicaid expansion.

Scammers are out to get personal information that could lead to identity theft.

Scammers are out to get personal information that could lead to identity theft.

For both parties, taking action to reduce the cost of prescription drugs was a banner policy issue before the coronavirus outbreak. Does it still have a chance?

Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels.

Surgeries are canceled. Business models are shifting. Some of the hardest-hit hospitals may close, leaving patients with fewer options for care.

The pandemic pushed Medicare to make telemedicine more financially attractive. Now doctors, patients and regulators will see if they want to stick with it.

As visits plummet because of the coronavirus, small physician practices are struggling to survive.

As visits plummet because of the coronavirus, small physician practices are struggling to survive.

After the coronavirus, political transformation may be inevitable.

Long before Covid-19, poor care and lax standards were widespread and well known.