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  • FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference at the HHS Humphrey Building, Oct. 18, 2022, in Washington. The Biden administration estimated Jan. 30, 2023, that it could collect as much as $4.7 billion from insurance companies with newer and tougher penalties for submitting improper charges on the taxpayers’ tab for Medicare Advantage care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Health

    The White House is turning up the heat on insurance companies for fake charges and sees a $4.7 billion windfall over 10 years

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • NASHVILLE, UNITED STATES – AUGUST 04: Microbiologists with the AEGIS Sciences Corporation process Covid-19 and Monkeypox tests at its facility in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on August 04, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Health

    Joe Biden to formally end the 3-year national COVID emergency—and it may end up costing you a lot more for vaccines and tests

    By Zeke Miller, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Blaire House nursing homeHealth

    Too many nursing homes misdiagnose their patients with schizophrenia. The federal government is on the case.

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Call centerSuccess

    Americans are blowing up the brand new 998 mental-health helpline as pandemic depression issues burrow deep

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden administration frustrated in efforts to protect abortion: ‘No executive action can replace a precedent of nearly 50 years’

    By Amanda Seitz, Colleen Long, and others
  • Xavier BecerraPolitics

    Pandemic stimulus is helping more Americans than ever before get health insurance: ‘When you have a good product, people will buy it’

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • A pregnant woman lies on her bed with monitoring devices placed on her belly as she gets ready before delivering her child at the maternity ward of a hospital in Paris on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Pregnancy-related deaths have spiked nearly 80% since 2018. COVID is partly responsible

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Rochelle WalenskyHealth

    Monkeypox vaccine works (apparently), CDC says

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via teleconference in Moscow, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)Politics

    ‘Like planting a conspiracy theory in a good way’: How Ukraine and the U.S. are working to get war news to ordinary Russians

    By Colleen Long, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Election 2020 Social MediaTech

    Facebook and Twitter are targets in Trump and Biden election ads

    By Amanda Seitz, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Do I have to pay back the stimulus check to the IRS?Finance

    No, you don’t have to pay back your stimulus check money

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Trump Assails Fed On Twitter After Manufacturing Data Takes A Nose DivePolitics

    Were the Whistleblower Rules Changed? Fact Checking Accusations Made by Trump and His GOP Allies

    By Amanda Seitz, Hope Yen, and others
  • Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke holds town hall meeting in Aurora.Politics

    Not Real News: Beto O’Rourke Felony, Somali Gang Attack

    By Amanda Seitz, Beatrice Dupuy, and others
  • Ilhan OmarPolitics

    Trump Shares False Video of Rep. Omar on Twitter

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Walmart in El Paso, TexasPolitics

    False Claims Blur Line Between Mass Shootings, 2020 Politics

    By Will Weissert, Amanda Seitz, and others