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3 legislative battles to watch in 2018

A host of health policy efforts will dominate Congress's agenda in 2018. Here's what to watch for.

As the year winds down, STAT reporters are taking a look at the stories they’re most eager to track in 2018. Find all our “three to watch” series here

Health care dominated the congressional agenda in 2017, as Republicans jumped straight from a failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare into a tax code overhaul that included major changes to the law’s central policies.

And though those fights sparked intense, near-constant partisan rancor, lawmakers are showing no signs of

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