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US health care tab hits $3.2T; fastest growth in 8 years

AP Health News - Fetched: December 2nd, 2016, 5:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nationamp;apos;s health care tab grew at the fastest rate in eight years in 2015, driven by the coverage expansion in President Barack Obamaamp;apos;s law and by costly prescription drugs, the government said Friday....

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US health care tab hits $3.2T; fastest growth in 8 years

AP Health News - Fetched: December 2nd, 2016, 3:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nationamp;apos;s health care tab grew at the fastest rate in eight years in 2015, driven by the coverage expansion in President Barack Obamaamp;apos;s law and by costly prescription drugs, the government said Friday....

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Air pollution becomes Israel-Palestinian wedge issue

AP Health News - Fetched: December 2nd, 2016, 5:00am UTC

YABED, West Bank (AP) -- For years, residents of central Israel have been complaining about air pollution from Palestinian factories in the nearby West Bank. Now that authorities have finally cracked down, shutting a group of the worst offending charcoal plants in one notorious town, Palestinians complain that hundreds were thrown out of work by their military occupiers....

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Senate GOP shies from fight over Medicare

AP Health News - Fetched: December 2nd, 2016, 5:00am UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats are warning that Speaker Paul Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump are gunning for Medicare - and they are rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of an epic political battle over the governmentamp;apos;s flagship health program that covers 57 million Americans....

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