The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been targeting debt collection practices, survives a Supreme Court challenge. 

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Is a widened enforcement net squeezing physicians unfairly? That’s the belief of one high-profile author and health policy expert.

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Major malpractice verdicts have spiked in recent years. 

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Will American healthcare go the way of the banking sector’s consolidation into a handful of all-powerful titans?

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Increasing costs and healthcare cybersecurity worries have sparked calls for new laws. The bipartisan “Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act” by four senators would require the HHS to perform routine evaluations of its systems and deliver biannual reports on practices and progress.

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Several recent developments signal increased support for psychological assessments and treatments. 

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No matter the outcome, it’s certain that the cost of drugs will not be an issue easily resolved anytime soon even though several other states also have laws allowing for drug imports.

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A decade after the first recreational marijuana dispensaries opened, will 2024 be the year that cannabis finally gets a get-out-of-jail-for-free card?

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Opposing sides are girding for a likely momentous constitutional confrontation.

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