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As healthcare costs weigh on patients, states could play a bigger role, report finds

Recent Commonwealth Fund reports outline the nation's grievances with rising healthcare costs and the greater role states could take in protecting those most at risk.

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Baby with heart defect at center of surrogate dispute receives first surgery

The baby was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which requires a series of surgeries. The parents had asked the surrogate to get an abortion when they learned of the diagnosis.

  • Rumi, newborn with rare heart defect, undergoes first Norwood surgery
  • Parents Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar from California
  • Surrogate mother McKenna West from Alaska resisted termination

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