By Rachel Stoltzfoos In newly released 911 tapes, an abortion clinic worker describes the scene of a botched abortion, telling the operator “the fetus is breathing, so we need to care for it now.” The baby later died at the hospital. The incident happened in February at an Arizona family planning center, when a 27-year-old…
By Juliegrace Brufke A slew of health insurance companies are planning to up premiums for 2017 in an attempt to counterbalance the losses they have incurred since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Humana, the Louisville-based insurer slated to merge with Aetna in a $37 billion deal, is the latest to say it’s considering hiking costs after…
By Blake Neff Britain’s single-payer health care system descended into chaos Tuesday as thousands of the country’s junior doctors went on strike over a pay dispute. Junior doctors (roughly the equivalent of medical residents in the U.S.) have had intermittent work stoppages over the last few months, but until now they kept working in critical…
Comedian, actor and one of the hosts of “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg, has announced she is launching a line of cannabis products designed to help women with their period pain. The company, Whoopi and Maya, was formed with Whoopi’s friend Maya Elisabeth, who is an edibles maker. The line will contain a balm, a tincture,…
Casey Harper A Florida appellate court lifted an injunction Friday against a contentious law that states women must wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. Florida passed a law last year that requires women seeking an abortion see a doctor and then wait 24 hours before actually ending the pregnancy, The Tampa Bay Times reports….
Juliegrace Brufke President Barack Obama is expected to cover a wide range of topics topics Tuesday during his last State of the Union, and it’s pretty unlikely that one of them will be exploding health care costs under Obamacare. Freedom Partners, an Arlington, Va.-based conservative non-profit, reported Sunday that premiums in the individual market place will jump in all but…