President Joe Biden holds a smaller advantage over Donald Trump in whom independent voters trust more to address high health care costs (39% to 26%), in a new KFF Health News survey.

The BioButton, which attaches to the skin, has been used on more than 80,000 hospital patients nationwide in the past year, including those at Houston Methodist, which is the first hospital to use the AI tool to monitor patients.

Concierge practices started more than 20 years ago, mainly in upscale areas, however, nonprofit hospitals are now adding these services, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000+ for easier access to their doctors.

Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection, while Trump is promising to repeal Obamacare, but where do the candidates stand on Americans' everyday health concerns?

For years, Medicare has paid hospitals double the rates it pays other providers for the same services, such as colonoscopies and blood tests, but a new House bill requires Medicare to pay the same rates for such services.

Alex Azar, former Health and Human Services secretary who approved of drug importation, is now chairman of the board of LifeScience Logistics, which is managing Florida's $39 million Canadian drug importation program.

In recent years, a modest number of small- and medium-size employers have set up their own health clinics to fill employees' primary care needs at or near their workplaces - something large employers have done for decades.

Since 2013, Congress has voted 13 times to postpone billions in Medicaid funding cuts prescribed by the Affordable Care Act, siding with hospitals over their claims that losing the money would hinder the delivery of care.