Health care industry

Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million Medicare fraud scheme

A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of health-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key…

Tim Scott and Nikki Haley attack unions as UAW strike threatens to escalate ahead of GOP debate

Several Republican presidential candidates have gone on the attack against unions in response to the United Auto Workers’ strike, despite…

White House no longer sending top officials to Detroit for UAW strike talks this week

The Biden administration is no longer sending two key officials to Detroit this week to potentially help broker a deal…

Watch live: President Joe Biden speaks at the U.N. General Assembly

President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning, advocating for democracy and increased aid to…

UAW president downplays White House involvement in strike talks

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Monday said the White House will have no role in brokering an agreement…

Sen. Bernie Sanders calls out automaker CEOs at UAW strike rally: ‘It is time for you to end your greed’

Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed striking autoworkers in Detroit on Friday, calling on working people across the U.S. to stand in…

Arm debut will help jump-start IPO market, early Airbnb investor Rick Heitzmann suggests

Arm Holdings will help jump-start the IPO market, according to the venture capitalist behind Airbnb and Pinterest. FirstMark Capital’s Rick…

More than 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike

More than 60,000 health-care workers on Thursday voted to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente if an agreement is not…

Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin after court rules against 1849 ban

Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin next week, after a state court ruled that a 174-year-old criminal law does…

Child poverty more than doubled in U.S. after expanded tax credits, stimulus checks ended

Child poverty more than doubled in the U.S. last year after financial assistance that supported families during the earlier days…