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Healthcare Biden Administration Launches Effort to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Scores

The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward removing medical bills from people's credit scores, which could improve ratings for millions of people.

Associated Press Associated Press September 22, 2023 11:53 am MST
Coronavirus A corpsman with the USS Gerald R. Ford gives a COVID-19 vaccination at Naval Station Norfolk on April 8, 2021. (Photo by Seaman Jackson Adkins/U.S. Navy)
Coronavirus Updated COVID-19 Vaccine OK’d, Experts Urge People to Roll Up Their Sleeves

The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 2,476 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending Sept. 6, almost twice the number of infections as were reported in early July.

Alexandria Cullen Alexandria Cullen September 14, 2023 2:40 pm MST
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Healthcare White House Plan To Negotiate Drug Prices Could Affect 165,000 Arizonans

Negotiations based on Medicare prices will soon take place for medications used to treat heart failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and more.

Alexandria Cullen Alexandria Cullen August 30, 2023 9:17 am MST
Drugs Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Drugs These 10 High-Priced Drugs Are Set To Become Cheaper for Seniors

Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson August 29, 2023 10:51 am MST
Health Maternal Mortality Soars in US and Arizona; Black, Native Women Hardest Hit
Health Maternal Mortality Soars in US and Arizona; Black, Native Women Hardest Hit

Maternal death rates more than doubled over the past 20 years in the US.

Lillie Boudreaux Lillie Boudreaux August 23, 2023 10:52 am MST

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Healthcare WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on expanding access to mental health care in the East Room at the White House on July 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden outlined plans to expand access to mental health care by requiring health plans to make to easier to get in-network care. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Healthcare New Biden Rule Will Expand Mental Health Coverage—Here’s How

A newly proposed federal rule would require insurance companies to offer the same level of coverage for mental health care as they do for physical health care.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 28, 2023 12:22 pm MST
Healthcare The PACT Act removed the need for certain veterans to prove a service connection if they are diagnosed with certain cancers or respiratory conditions and sped up the process of receiving benefits. Eligible veterans who apply by Aug. 9 could get tens of thousands of dollars in backdated disability compensation. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Healthcare Veterans Have Until Aug. 9 to Apply for Backdated PACT Act Disability Payments

The PACT Act removed the need for certain veterans to prove a service connection if they are diagnosed with certain cancers or respiratory conditions and sped up the process of receiving benefits.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson July 11, 2023 1:57 pm MST