WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act would inflict "real human suffering" on millions of Americans, former President Barack Obama said Wednesday, speaking out in public defense of his signature health care reform effort.

The law has led to major increases in the number of Americans with health care ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump formally threw his weight behind a health care overhaul sponsored by GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, and criticized another high-profile Republican for opposing it.

Trump used a pair of Wednesday morning tweets to call the bill "GREAT!" and touted its plan to provide federal "Money direct to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Republican efforts in Congress to "repeal and replace" the federal Affordable Care Act are back from the dead. Again.

While the chances for this last-ditch measure appear iffy, many GOP senators are rallying around a proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., along with Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Ron ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham had just finished a day as the star of the Senate, the man dozens of reporters chased and the vice president wanted as his travel companion.

So as the work day ended, a tired but exhilarated Graham stood in a Senate elevator, the doors closing between him as another pack of reporters struggled to hear one final...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and Republican leaders have joined a revived push to roll back the Affordable Care Act as lawmakers faced a critical deadline next week and efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise appeared to collapse.

But it was still unclear Tuesday evening whether Trump and his Senate allies would secure the votes to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A crucial GOP senator says that after weeks of effort, there's not enough agreement among lawmakers to advance a small package of bipartisan changes that would stabilize Obamacare's health insurance markets.

"We have worked hard and in good faith, but have not found the necessary consensus among Republicans and Democrats to put a ...Read more

Family health insurance premiums rose an average 3 percent this year for people getting coverage through the workplace, the sixth consecutive year of small increases, according to a study released Tuesday.

The average total cost of family premiums was $18,764 for 2017, according to a survey of employers by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Monday that the House would bring up a health care measure sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy for a vote if it were to pass the Senate.

"It would be our intention to bring the matter through," Ryan said at a news conference from a Harley Davidson facility in Wisconsin, where he was ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham's journey to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that started as a lonely crusade has in just one week picked up both followers and steam -- but prospects for winning congressional approval remain murky.

Despite a handful of Senate GOP co-sponsors and high-profile endorsements from governors and ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A last-ditch Republican push to roll back the Affordable Care Act appeared to pick up momentum Monday even as opposition from leading patient advocates and health care organizations mounted, setting the stage for another potentially dramatic Senate vote on the future of the 2010 law, often called Obamacare.

Prospects for the new ...Read more

Earwax is a helpful and natural part of your body's defenses. It cleans, lubricates and protects your ear canal by trapping dirt and slowing the growth of bacteria.

Earwax blockages commonly occur when people try to clean their ears on their own by placing cotton swabs or other items in their ears. This often just pushes wax deeper into the ear...Read more

Companies and pharmacies are already reminding people that it's time to get a flu shot, and the push may be more warranted this year.

A particularly bad flu season was reported in Australia, which has served as a rough measuring stick for the flu season that follows in the Northern Hemisphere.

From Jan. 1 to Aug. 19, 2016, the Australian ...Read more

Dear Mayo Clinic: Can an untreated wart on my hand spread to another person? Is treatment for it necessary if it's small and doesn't bother me?

A: If left untreated, it is possible for warts to spread and for the virus that causes warts to be passed to another person. Fortunately, most adults have developed immunity to the viruses that cause ...Read more