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Cigarettes are displayed on a store shelf in New York on Aug. 28, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FDA announces push to slash nicotine in cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration launched a historic effort Thursday to try to end cigarette addiction, proposing to slash the level of nicotine in smokes in an attempt to curb what remains a deadly public health issue.

March 15, 2018
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Health insurance lobby AHIP selects Matt Eyles as new CEO

America's Health Insurance Plans, the main lobbying group for health insurers, announced Wednesday it is promoting one of its own to replace president and CEO Marilyn Tavenner, a former Obama administration official who is retiring in a few months.

March 14, 2018
In this June 13, 2017, file photo, a man injects heroin into his arm under a bridge along the Wishkah River at Kurt Cobain Memorial Park in Aberdeen, Wash. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

House leaders eye ambitious opioids package

A key House panel announced plans Wednesday to debate more than two dozen bills targeting the opioids crisis, from speeding approval of painkilling alternatives to linking ER patients with treatment after they overdose.

March 14, 2018
In this June 15, 2017, file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Health and Human Services Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Tom Price, ousted health secretary, repaid $60K for his travel

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price wrote checks totaling $60,000 to repay taxpayers for pricey plane trips that cost him his job, though Democratic investigators aren't satisfied, saying White House counselor Kellyanne Conway accompanied him and should account for the costs of her seat.

March 13, 2018
Health care providers need incentives to become more transparent and consumers should know the costs of procedures before they undergo them, the Health and Human Services secretary said. (Associated Press/File)

Alex Azar: Americans need access to health care costs, records

The Trump administration will push the American health care system to let consumers know the true costs of medical services, giving them more say in decisions that emphasize "value over volume," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told insurers Thursday.

March 8, 2018
"Today's health care system is simply not delivering outcomes commensurate with its cost — President Trump knows it, and the American people know it too," said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (Associated Press/File)

HHS tells insurers to gird for radical change in health delivery

The Trump administration is committed to transforming the health care system into one that emphasizes value over marathon tests with hazy prices, while empowering consumers to find doctors and services the way they find restaurants on Yelp or Open Table, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told health insurers Thursday.

March 8, 2018
Mainers for Health Care rally outside the State House prior to Gov. Paul LePage's State of the State address, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Augusta, Maine. The coalition that supported the successful Yes on 2 campaign to expand Medicaid in 2017 say LePage and his allies in the Legislature are trying to block Medicaid expansion, which is now state law. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Obamacare premiums to increase over Congressional disagreements

Everyone in Washington wants to slash health insurance premiums under Obamacare, but key players can't seem to agree on the terms, leaving the push in jeopardy even as insurers try to size up the program and set rates for the coming year.

March 7, 2018