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Trump Unveils New Drug Pricing Deals With 9 Pharmaceutical Companies

President Donald Trump on Aug. 31 announced agreements with nine midsize pharmaceutical companies to reduce drug prices for American patients.Drugmakers including Alcon, Astellas...

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Risks, Responsibility, and Solutions: Epoch Readers React to $40 Trillion US Debt

U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion, hitting a historic milestone, with publicly held debt approaching 100 percent of the gross domestic product for...

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Half of All Urban Hospital Markets Controlled by Only 1 or 2 Health Systems: Report

A hospital in the city of Irvine, Calif., on July 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesOne or two health systems controlled the entire...

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Medicare Hospital Trust Fund Will Be Insolvent by 2040, Report Says

A man walks through a hospital in Irvine, Calif., Oct. 11, 2016. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesThe Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is projected...

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Kaiser Nurses and Health Care Workers Strike in California and Hawaii

Kaiser Permanente employees walk a picket line outside one of the nonprofit health care coalition's hospitals in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2023....

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Kaiser Permanente Pays $556 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud

Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland, Calif., hospital, on Oct. 4, 2023. Jill McLaughlin/The Epoch TimesKaiser Permanente, a health care system headquartered in Oakland, California, has...

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Junk Food Bans for SNAP Users in Some States Starting 2026: What to Know

Americans using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase groceries may need to adjust their shopping habits in 2026 as some states...

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Where Did All the Turkeys Go?

A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in...