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(CNN) The House on Thursday passed a health care package that included several bipartisan bills to lower drug costs, but without the support of most Republicans because it also included legislation to strengthen Obamacare.
The vote was 234-183. Five Republicans voted to approve the package.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Green Beret with terminal cancer is taking on a new fight on Capitol Hill, hoping to give active duty service members the ability to hold the government accountable for medical malpractice.
On a beautiful day last week, our community was struck by tragedy. It was the last day of class at my alma mater, UNC Charlotte. Seniors were preparing for graduation and underclassmen were anticipating the summer break when suddenly gunshots rang out.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal survived three combat deployments to Iraq and even an enemy bullet through the chest. But now the dying Purple Heart recipient says he's enduring one of the toughest fights of his life: the right to sue the U.S. government for medical malpractice.
A bill named after a Fort Bragg soldier is making its way through Congress after he testified this week that he can’t hold the doctors who misdiagnosed him accountable for his terminal cancer.