The Senate health committee meets next month to discuss ways to stabilize the insurance markets. Insurers have until Sept. 27 to commit to selling policies on the ACA marketplaces in 2018. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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A California jury awarded a woman $417 million in a case against Johnson & Johnson. The woman claimed that her use of Johnson's Baby Powder led to terminal ovarian cancer. Scientists disagree on how strong a link there is between talc and ovarian cancer. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Does Baby Powder Cause Cancer? A Jury Says Yes. Scientists Aren't So Sure
An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday found that ending cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers, a move that President Trump is contemplating, would raise the deficit by $194 billion over 10 years. Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
CBO Predicts Rise In Deficit If Trump Cuts Payments To Insurance Companies
President Trump at a listening session with health insurance executives at the White House earlier this year. Aude Guerrucci/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
At his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., on Thursday President Trump called the opioid epidemic a national emergency and said his administration was drawing up papers to make it official. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
What Could Happen If Trump Formally Declares Opioids A National Emergency
Andrew Ladd and Fumiko Chino at their wedding in 2006, after his cancer diagnosis. Ladd died the following year, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical debt. Courtesy of Dr. Fumiko Chino hide caption
Widowed Early, A Cancer Doctor Writes About The Harm Of Medical Debt
First responders in Washington, D.C., bring naloxone on every emergency call. Shelby Knowles/NPR hide caption
Trump's Threat To Cut U.S. Payments Raises Uncertainty In Health Insurance Market
President Trump still hopes to force legislators back to the table to find a way to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, by any means possible. Tasos Katopodis /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tymia McCullough is a poised, pageant-winning 11-year-old from South Carolina. She also happens to have sickle cell anemia and relies on Medicaid to pay for medical care. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption
After Demise Of GOP Health Care Bill, Insurance Companies Wonder What's Next
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lost two attempts to undo the Affordable Care Act within 24 hours. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
