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Protesters rally in Washington, D.C., during the latest Women's March.

Women's Marches Bring Thousands To Washington, D.C., And Cities Nationwide

Saturday's events drew thousands of demonstrators, mobilized in opposition to President Trump and the likely Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

A member of the public is escorted by police after shining the light from a smartphone, near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong on Sunday.

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square while 32 are detained in Hong Kong

China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests.

Medicare Expansion Raises Hackles Of Doctors, Insurers

Hospitals, doctors and insurers are opposed to allowing people under 65 to join Medicare – an idea being considered by Senate negotiators struggling to put together the 60 votes needed to pass a health bill.

Jason Early has been getting dialysis for the past 18 months after his kidneys failed following complications with Type 1 diabetes.

Texas Judge Upends Effort To Limit Charity Funding For Kidney Care

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing a rule allowing insurers to refuse to insure dialysis patients who get financial assistance from charity groups.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, center, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have a plan to renew funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which lapsed Sept. 30.

Lapse In Federal Funding Imperils Children's Health Coverage

Ten states will start to run out of money for the Children's Health Insurance Program by the end of the year. Most states will be out of CHIP cash by the summer of 2018, if Congress doesn't act.

The Children's Health Insurance Program relies on money from state and federal governments to help subsidize the cost of medical care for some kids not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.

Will Congress Continue Health Care For 9 Million Children?

The popular Children's Health Insurance Program is up for renewal Sept. 30. Policy analysts say it's unclear whether a deeply divided Congress facing major deadlines will get the job done.

Protesters rally on the steps of the Texas state capitol on July 28 to condemn the use of fetal tissue for medical research.

Calls To Cut Off Planned Parenthood Are Nothing New

Flashback to the 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan tried to restrict funding for Planned Parenthood. Efforts in Congress have continued since then, with the latest focused on fetal tissue research.

Paul Davis is a retired physician in Findlay, Ohio, who gets weekly treatments of the drug Kimmtrak to help stave off the progression of his rare cancer — uveal melanoma. He worries the accumulating cost of the drug — nearly $50,000/week if he has to pay it out of pocket — could saddle his family with crushing medical debt after he's gone.

Nearly $50,000 a week for a cancer drug? A man worries about bankrupting his family

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.

Over the past decade, hospitals have been rapidly building outpatient clinics or purchasing existing independent ones. It was a lucrative business strategy because such clinics could charge higher rates, on the premise that they were part of a hospital. Medicare's recent rule change puts a damper on all that.

Hospitals Chafe Under A Medicare Rule That Reduces Payments To Far-Flung Clinics

Hospital-owned clinics that are miles away should be reimbursed at the same rates as an independent doctor, but not more, Medicare says. That new rule could save taxpayers $380 million in 2019.

Today, bananas are cheap and ubiquitous in the U.S., but that wasn't always the case. In his new book, <em>The Fish That Ate the Whale, </em>Rich Cohen explains how Sam Zemurray, a young Jewish immigrant, became a major player in the American banana business.

America's Gone Bananas: Here's How It Happened

The Fish That Ate the Whale tells the story of Sam Zemurray, a Jewish immigrant who came to the U.S. as a teenager and became one of the biggest players in the banana business. "He's like the American dream in the shape of a single life," says author Rich Cohen.

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