More than 100 million individuals would be impacted by rollbacks in protections for pre-existing conditions mandated under the Affordable Care Act, according to consulting firm Avalere Health.

Healthcare has been a dominant talking point for both Democrats and Republicans this midterm season, according to a recent review of political ads conducted by the Wesleyan Media Project. The issue is so prominent, in fact, that WMP has dubbed this fall’s race “the healthcare election.”

As the state of New York considers the pending $69 billion merger between retail pharmacy chain CVS Health and health insurance giant Aetna, CVS’ practices in drug pricing are coming under the microscope.

More than half of Americans have delayed medical care for themselves over the last 12 months because of the high cost, according to recent surveys from Earnin, a mobile technology finance service.

While many GOP leaders have demonized a Medicare for all policy popularized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), many Republicans are actually supportive of such a proposal, according to a recent poll by HillTV and the HarrisX polling company.

Northwell Health, a New York-based healthcare provider, has launched a seven-year effort to raise $1 billion that will support innovative initiatives.

The shift toward value-based care is moving forward, as more than one-third of all U.S. healthcare payments in 2017 were tied to alternative payment models like shared savings and risk programs, bundled payments and population-based payments, according to Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN).

Molecular imaging societies have numerous recommendations for patients with diabetes who undergo fluoride-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT tumor imaging. According to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, however, many providers are not explaining these things to patients when appointments are scheduled.