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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, health ministry says

Monday, December 15 by SRN News

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Israeli military shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian during a raid on the town of Tuqu' on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest deadly incident in a recent surge of violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The boy... Read More.

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan

Saturday, December 13 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it's the House's turn to show what it can do. Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a Republican alternative late Friday. This come as Democrats push to extend the enhanced... Read More.

US Veterans Affairs agency plans health care job cuts, WaPo reports

Saturday, December 13 by SRN News

Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo, Veterans Affairs staffers and congressional aides. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. The... Read More.

Speaker Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided

Friday, December 12 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it's the House's turn to show what it can do. Speaker Mike Johnson is in a last-minute sprint to develop a Republican alternative, as his party refuses... Read More.

China’s new ‘condom tax’ draws skepticism and worries over health risks

Thursday, December 11 by SRN News

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one child. "Contraceptive drugs... Read More.

The Senate is set to vote on 2 rival health plans. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans

Thursday, December 11 by SRN News

NEW YORK (AP) - When the U.S. Senate votes on rival, partisan health bills on Thursday, they'll have two chances to address expiring COVID-era subsidies that will otherwise result in millions of Americans saddled with higher insurance costs in the new year. But with neither... Read More.

Republican-controlled US Congress poised to allow Obamacare health subsidies to expire

Thursday, December 11 by SRN News

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress is poised to allow tax credits to lapse for 24 million Americans this month, as a December 31 deadline approaches with no sign of a healthcare compromise before the... Read More.

Senate poised to reject extension of health care subsidies as costs rise for many

Wednesday, December 10 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is poised on Thursday to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans, a potentially unceremonious end to a monthslong Democratic effort to prevent the COVID-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1. Despite a... Read More.

New York Times, after Trump post, says it won’t be deterred from writing about his health

Wednesday, December 10 by SRN News

The New York Times, attacked by President Donald Trump for reporting about his physical condition, said on Wednesday that it wouldn't be deterred by "false and inflammatory language" that distorts the role of a free press. The president had posted on his Truth Social platform... Read More.

Senate heads toward dueling partisan votes on health care, with each likely to fail

Tuesday, December 9 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week after Republicans said Tuesday that they had united around a plan, for now, that would allow COVID-era health care subsidies to expire. Both the Republican plan, which would... Read More.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, health ministry says

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan

US Veterans Affairs agency plans health care job cuts, WaPo reports

Speaker Johnson scrambles to find a health care plan as Republicans remain divided

China’s new ‘condom tax’ draws skepticism and worries over health risks

The Senate is set to vote on 2 rival health plans. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans

Republican-controlled US Congress poised to allow Obamacare health subsidies to expire

Senate poised to reject extension of health care subsidies as costs rise for many

New York Times, after Trump post, says it won’t be deterred from writing about his health

Senate heads toward dueling partisan votes on health care, with each likely to fail

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