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Trump extends private sector health care program for vets

President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to temporarily extend a program that lets some veterans seek medical care in the private sector, part of an effort by the president to deliver on a campaign promise. The extension will give Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin time to develop a more… Read More

Lawsuit: Vets with PTSD should still get honorable discharge

A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges the U.S. Army has issued less-than-honorable discharges for potentially thousands of service members without adequately considering the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The plaintiffs, two Army veterans from Connecticut who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, say in the lawsuit… Read More

VA partnering with CVS in effort to cut wait times

Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS “MinuteClinics” to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The new program, currently limited to the Phoenix area, comes three years after the VA faced allegations of… Read More

Drain the swamp! Congress takes Easter break… with no healthcare decision

The White House and House Republicans appear short of a last-ditch deal on their long-promised repeal of Barack Obama’s health care law. “There’s no suggestion we should be changing our flights,” moderate Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., said Wednesday afternoon, a day before lawmakers were slated to leave Washington for their… Read More

White House makes new offer on health bill

White House officials made a new offer to conservative House Republicans late Monday on the GOP’s failed health care bill, hoping to resuscitate a measure that crashed spectacularly less than two weeks ago. Vice President Mike Pence and two top White House officials made the offer in a closed-door meeting… Read More

[Consumer alert] Salmonella suspected in these packets

The maker of Hunt’s Chili Kits says it is recalling some because they might be contaminated with salmonella. Conagra Brands Inc. said Sunday that it is cooperating with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recall “a limited amount” of the kits. The company says there have been no reports… Read More

Justice! Big Pharma exec convicted of conspiracy, fraud

He made hundreds of Americans sick in his schemes to get rich at any cost. His greed cost 64 people their lives — and now he’s heading to jail. The former head of a Massachusetts pharmacy was convicted Wednesday of racketeering and other crimes in a meningitis outbreak that was… Read More

Civil war! Trump battles GOP over healthcare reform

There’s a fight for the future of the Republican Party — and the battle lines are being drawn between President Donald Trump and hardliner conservative politicians. Trump and House leaders are entangled in a civil war with balky conservatives and other Republican lawmakers as crunch time approaches on the party’s… Read More

Ryan: Health bill needs more help for older Americans

Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to… Read More

Trump: “ObamaCare is DEAD!”

President Donald Trump just sent a startling message to establishment GOP lawmakers that grabbed the attention of political analysts everywhere. Trump warned the lawmakers, many of whom critics have called “RINOs” (Republican in Name Only), that “ObamaCare is dead” — and it was time for his political party to get… Read More