To Lower Maternal Mortality, One City Is Thinking Holistically About Women’s Health

Washington, D.C. is trying a variety of strategies to reach women before, during, and after their pregnancies.

What’s the Right Treatment for Lyme Disease? State Legislatures Wade Into the Debate

Reports of Lyme disease have more than doubled over the past two decades. Patients contend that insurance companies sometimes won’t pay for long-term treatment, while some doctors say that it isn’t necessary.

Washington State Law On Behavioral Care Balances Parental Rights, Teens’ Autonomy

Washington is one of many states that carved out exceptions to the rights of parents to know about or consent to certain types of care their minor children receive.

A Mobile Health Clinic Is Bringing Contraception to South Texas

Long-acting reversible contraception is strikingly effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies. A new medical program is seeking to remove barriers.

Trump Wants States to Experiment With Medicaid—Up to a Point

Utah may be a bellwether showing how far states can go in customizing Medicaid.

Why Hospitals Are Getting Into The Housing Business

Hospital systems now invest in housing to help some of their most frequent patients. This allows them to safely discharge patients who otherwise would have no place to go, freeing up beds for sicker patients and saving the hospitals money.

Tenn. Block Grant Experiment Would Boost Federal Funding, State Medicaid Chief Says

Conservatives have pursued Medicaid block grants for decades to give states more power over the program.

The Deep Divide: State Borders Create Medicaid Haves And Have-Nots

State borders can highlight Medicaid’s arbitrary coverage.

Rural Hospital Closings Reach Crisis Stage, Leaving Millions Without Nearby Health Care

COMMENTARY | More than 20% of our nation’s rural hospitals, or 430 hospitals across 43 states, are near collapse.

On-Site Health Care Could Help Seniors Stay at Home

Forty affordable housing complexes are in an innovative federal program.

Air Ambulances Woo Rural Consumers With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging

Nationwide, state insurance leaders and politicians have raised alarms about the slickly marketed membership campaigns.

Purveyors Of Black-Market Pharmaceuticals Target Immigrants

Immigrants are purchasing a wide array of illegal medications in black markets that are common in California, Arizona, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Groupons For Medical Treatment? Welcome To Today’s U.S. Health Care

Groupon has offered deals for various lung, heart and full-body scans across Atlanta, as well as in Oklahoma and California.

Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging

One out of every 13 older Americans struggles to find enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept pace with the graying population.

What Happens When You Don’t Pay a Hospital Bill

As Americans sink under medical expenses, debt collectors go to great—and sometimes strange—lengths to collect.

New Trump Rule on Medical Interpreters Could Leave Immigrants Behind

Trump rule could relax requirements that health care providers offer language services.

Wyoming Is Using Medicaid to Treat Air Ambulances Like a Public Utility

Other states dealing with the high air ambulance costs have tried to rein in the industry but have continually run up against the Airline Deregulation Act.

Trump Orders ‘a Lot’ of Ketamine for Depressed Veterans

The president told the VA to purchase a large amount of a controversial new nasal spray. The agency says it will consider incorporating the drug after it has more data.

After A Rural Hospital Closes, Delays In Emergency Care Cost Patients Dearly

Nationwide, more than 110 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and in each instance a community struggles to survive in its own way.

As States Strive To Stabilize Insurance Marketplaces, Insurers Return

Experts say that insurers re-entering state marketplace is a sign that the marketplaces are becoming more robust and less risky for insurers, despite ongoing political and legal battles over the ACA.

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