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Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.

The clinics’ owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the “leg saver” but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year.

Biden has a plan. Trump doesn’t but could wind up gutting those programs.

President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump offer vastly different policy paths on almost every aspect of the economy.

Donald Trump’s campaign said he “will continue to strongly protect Social Security and Medicare in his second term,” clarifying more ambiguous comments in a CNBC interview.

Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.

The hacking shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos that affected a broad spectrum ranging from large hospitals to single-doctor practices.

Ozempic threatens to bust the national budget. That may finally force the government to address the problem of overly expensive medical treatments.

Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic.

Seven medical supply companies made suspicious claims involving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, an advocacy group found.