National Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business? Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares. Maria Aspan
Health Care The health care industry's very bad year The killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has sparked scrutiny of the business of health care. But even the investors making money from this business have been unhappy with it this year. Maria Aspan
Health Care The push to extend a waiver that allows hospitals to care for patients at home "Hospital at home" allowed Medicare and Medicaid to pay for intense treatment of patients in their homes. It's set to expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress acts. A five-year extension is on the table. Craig LeMoult
Health Care Public health officials try to control bird flu in U.S. dairy capital More milk products come from Tulare County, California than any other county in the U.S. Public health officials there are trying to guard against bird flu infecting humans. Kerry Klein
Health Care Is this health care's Occupy Wall Street moment? The consumer outrage unleashed by the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes at a time when populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Trump. Maria Aspan
Health Care Trump could change how Medicaid is funded using state block grants NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with health policy researcher Robin Rudowitz about the prospect of cuts to Medicaid and what impact that would have. Ayesha Rascoe
Health After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance The death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson triggered a deluge of painful stories about health care denials on social media. Selena Simmons-Duffin
National Anthem plans to put time limits on anesthesia coverage, alarming doctors Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it will put time limits on anesthesia care starting next year. Doctors and elected officials, including in New York and Connecticut, are asking it to change course. Rachel Treisman
Health Afghan women reportedly barred from studying nursing and midwivery Several sources confirm the Taliban pronouncement, part of ongoing efforts to curtail education for girls and women. Women studying these subjects say they were barred from classes this week. Ruchi Kumar
Health Care The future of Biden's plan for Medicaid to cover obesity drugs Drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy and Zepbound could be covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new proposal from the Biden administration. Windsor Johnston