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President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, leave the home of Tom Fletcher, a father of eight who had been out of work for nearly two years. The president announced his War on Poverty from the Fletcher porch in 1964. Photo credit:…

Fidel Castro as he arrived at MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C. 1959. Library of Congress HOLLYWOOD, FL - A couple of decades ago, certain Venezuelans could be heard denying that Venezuela faced any danger, after being warned by certain…

Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, giving a presentation on his healthcare proposal in June 1971. Six years earlier he assured us that the change in our immigration laws would not be a problem or have an adverse effect…

Registered nurse Suzanne Hsu adjusts the robotic arms of a da Vinci surgical robot before an automated calibration of the machine at the Helford Clinical Research Hospital at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., in 2006. Hospitals around the…

A growing number of expectant mothers are among the migrants pouring in daily from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador — even Haiti — to more than 30 already overflowing shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. Photo credit: Heidi de Marco/KHN TIJUANA…

After months of closed-door meetings and high-profile hearings, the Senate Finance Committee voted 19-9 to advance legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to rein in drug costs in the Medicare and…

One of the most significant proposals would cap price increases on brand-name drugs and biologic drugs covered by Medicare to ensure they do not outpace inflation, and triggering rebates when they do. File photo: Pixabay. WASHINGTON -…

After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive Sovereign Valentine’s huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care. Photo credit: Tommy Martino for KHN. PHILADELPHIA, PA –  Fresenius, one of the two largest…

HOLLYWOOD, FL – What comes unlawfully across the porous southern border, and with whose agenda is that in line, which seems to explain their intransigent opposition to finishing the construction of the border wall? Large…