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More than 113,000 people are waiting for organ transplants — even as too many donated organs go to waste.

How one man's long, lonely and local fight for single-payer health care parallels the national battle.

A former Obama appointee warns about a new plan to link immigration and health insurance. A former Trump appointee discusses his role after the family-separation policy took effect.

The departing leader of the CMS Innovation Center sits for an exit interview with POLITICO.

The Trump administration has vowed to give states a chance to remake their Medicaid programs. One state is seeking permission to make one of the biggest changes of all.

POLITICO reporters predict this season's biggest health policy and politics stories. POLITICO's new cannabis editor explains the strategy behind the soon-to-launch team.

A change to immigration policy threatens to shake up health care for millions of legal immigrants and the doctors who serve them.

President Donald Trump and many politicians have blamed recent mass shootings on mental illness. A UC Davis psychiatrist says they're getting it wrong — and the actual crisis is far more nuanced.

Looking closer at a defining exchange in Tuesday's Democratic debate, a crossover episode with POLITICO's Nerdcast.

The Center for American Progress CEO discusses her organization's health plan, the 2020 election and the political fights dividing the nation.