Alan Goforth is a freelance writer in suburban Kansas City. In addition to freelancing for several publications, he has written a dozen books about sports and other topics.
The Department of Health and Human Services will create an artificial intelligence task force to regulate the use of AI-enabled technologies already in use in hospitals, insurance companies and other health care businesses.
Workers at the company's call centers in six states are calling for more affordable health care, a living wage of at least $25 an hour and the ability to organize their union free from intimidation.
Following a nationwide pharmacy walkout a few weeks ago, thousands of pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid are in the midst of a 3-day walkout that began on Monday to push the companies to add more staff.
The Labor Department proposed new rules on Tuesday that would ensure financial advisors make recommendations "in the saver's best interest" and not sell them lower-returning products in order to maximize their own fees.
Doctors, researchers and patient advocates are cautiously optimistic about the liquid biopsy test that screens for more than 50 types of cancers, however, 62% of people who got positive results in a Lancet study didn't have cancer.
Lawmakers took the first step last week to address longstanding issues with how much Medicare should pay doctors, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a 3.3% cut to Medicare payments for 2024.