Medicare

Biogen CEO to step down as company pulls back on Alzheimer’s drug

Future of Aduhelm was in doubt after Medicare restricted coverage to clinical trials

Wed May 04 2022 - 08:06

Democrats hope health will stand to them in tough midterms

America Letter: Healthcare is divisive in the US, but Obamacare has grown in popularity

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 17:27

Diaceutics hopes to ‘super charge’ its offering in US market after CMS approval

Irish data analytics company will receive US claims data more frequently

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 10:31

European shares rise on China economic stimulus hopes

Markets report: Cairn soars 7.2 per cent on pledge to return €95m to investors this year

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 21:16

Covid-19: US supreme court casts doubt over Biden plans to boost vaccinations

Business groups argue new measures are overreach by federal government

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 19:48

Biden’s strongest weapon is Donald Trump

While failing to deliver on promises for US, incumbent president still beats predecessor

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 16:28

Pelosi says Democrats ‘pretty much there’ on $2 trillion social spending Bill

Treasury secretary Janet Yellen says she anticipates no problems in funding the Bill

Sun Oct 24 2021 - 20:11

America needs political waverers like Sinema and Manchin

US Politics: For both senators, the basis of their opposition matters less than the fact of it

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 20:48

Fight between Democratic wings threatens to scupper Biden’s agenda

Standoff over $1tn instrastructure Bill and £3.5tn policy plan sows alarm in party

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 12:04

Theranos whistleblower testifies she was alarmed by company’s blood tests

Erika Cheung reported lab testing problems to federal agents

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 11:52

Biden to order millions of workers to get vaccinated against Covid

Federal employees who do not comply with directives could be sacked, says White House

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 00:21

Kamala Harris: ‘Being vice-president? I kind of like it’

Suzanne Lynch flies high on Air Force Two with the US vice-president

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00

US progressives need more than Biden’s relief plan

US Politics: Test is whether Americans will accept higher taxes to make policies sustainable in the long term

Wed Mar 17 2021 - 15:01

‘I felt like I was in a zoo without the fences’

Wild Geese: Ita Kennedy, Los Angeles

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 05:38

Joe Biden can bring either unity or change – not both

US Politics: There is no harmonious way to the kind of society Democrats wish to build

Wed Jan 27 2021 - 13:13

US study finds patient death rates higher on surgeons’ birthdays

Researchers found surgeons more likely to be distracted by plans on their birthdays

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 23:30

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges

Makers of prescription painkiller OxyContin investgated for role in US opioid crisis

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 09:40

Democrats face disintegration without detested Trump as their glue

US Politics: Biden must hold fractious party together and work for disparate groups

Tue Nov 17 2020 - 16:20

The 20th century US was a young place. Now it looks old

America at the Crossroads: The two presidential candidates have a combined age of 151

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 06:05

Republicans need to remember that Donald Trump broke through for a reason

US politics: If there is a future for the US right after Trump, it will have to resemble Ike’s benign statism

Wed Oct 21 2020 - 18:32

Four more Trump years? It could all come down to the fight for Florida

Joe Biden leads the election polls nationally, but in Florida the race is razor-tight

Sat Oct 17 2020 - 05:00

US vice-presidential debate: five things to watch

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris face off on Wednesday night with coronavirus in spotlight

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 12:45

Inside Joe Biden’s race of a lifetime to be US president

Ageing and gaffe-prone, the Democratic candidate has an empathy that looks almost subversive – and a strong election team

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 13:49

Mike Pence fretting as Kamala Harris shakes up Republicans

America Letter: Incoherent nature of attacks on Biden’s running mate highlight her threat

Fri Aug 14 2020 - 20:00

Donald Trump immediately targets Kamala Harris in campaign video

The US president calls Joe Biden’s running mate ‘nasty’ – a word he often applied to his opponent Hillary Clinton in 2016

Wed Aug 12 2020 - 07:13

Americans should not count on a quiet life under Joe Biden

US Politics: Democratic candidate could be the most radical US president in decades

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 11:26

Coronavirus: Trump acknowledges ‘big flare up’ of cases

Divisions between White House and senators pose challenges for federal aid package

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 07:46

Donald Trump has one last chance to ensure his re-election

US Politics: President has a path back to the White House and just enough time to act

Thu May 28 2020 - 10:38

Bernie Sanders drops out of Democratic race for US presidential nominee

Move leaves Joe Biden the presumptive nominee against Donald Trump

Wed Apr 08 2020 - 17:18

Biden has poll lead on Sanders in Michigan ahead of ‘Super Tuesday 2’

African-Americans and suburbanites among those expected to back former vice-president

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 01:00

Make or break time for Sanders as Democratic race moves to Michigan

State a must-win for Bernie Sanders as a resurgent Joe Biden closes in

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 01:00

A Dad with brain cancer: I was given 18 months to live, it put things into perspective

The Kerryman making the most of life with his wife and three children in Melbourne

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 09:22

Trump to target west coast with four days of pre-election campaigning

President’s Las Vegas rally on Friday occurs on eve of Democratic Party Nevada caucuses

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 21:02

Sanders fired up for crucial New Hampshire battle

Sanders’s ability to attract Trump supporters could be relevant in states such as this

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 00:48