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• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Halts Shutdown of Rural Health Centers
• Jul. 19, 2013
• The state must temporarily halt a plan to consolidate and close almost half of its rural health centers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

• Judge Extends Hold on Wisconsin's New Abortion Law
• Jul. 19, 2013
• A federal judge extended his hold Wednesday on a new law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges. It marked the second time U.S. District Judge William Conley blocked the law and the second time he expressed skepticism of it in open court.

• Treasury Official: No More Obamacare Delays Coming
• Jul. 18, 2013
• A top Treasury official told a House committee Thursday that there are no immediate plans to delay any other provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), though he left open the possibility that that could change.

• Texas Abortion Bill Signed into Law
• Jul. 18, 2013
• HB 2, which was filibustered by Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, in the first special session, passed in both the House and Senate last week during the current second special session. The law, which would impose several new regulations on abortions and abortion providers, has drawn criticism from abortion advocates and incited demonstrations from both sides.

• Immigration Plan Could Increase Costs for States and Localities
• Jul. 18, 2013
• The immigration overhaul passed by the U.S. Senate could put a big squeeze on the budgets of state and local governments because it does not help states pay for costs incurred by required policy changes.

• Medicaid Limits Access to Medications for Recovering Addicts
• Jul. 18, 2013
• Many private insurance companies and state Medicaid agencies across the country impose sharp limitations on access to medications used in the treatment of the addiction to prescription painkillers known as opioids.

• Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%
• Jul. 17, 2013
• Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State, and supporters of the health care overhaul credit the online purchasing exchanges the law created.

• Is Jailing Deadbeat Dads Effective?
• Jul. 16, 2013
• A new trend in the human services field suggests it isn't. Instead of punishing noncustodial parents, officials are trying to help them find and keep jobs.

• Audit: Colorado Health Department's Handling of Medical Marijuana Faulted
• Jul. 16, 2013
• State auditors examining the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's role as gatekeeper to medical marijuana use found lax regulation of physicians, unnecessarily high patient fees and a failure to oversee caregivers.

• North Dakota Abortion Law Ruled Unconstitutional
• Jul. 16, 2013
• A 2011 North Dakota law that outlaws one of two drugs used in nonsurgical abortions violates the state and U.S. constitutions, a state judge ruled Monday.

• Arkansas Sees Lowest Medicaid Cost Growth in 30 Years
• Jul. 15, 2013
• Medicaid spending in Arkansas, which has undertaken the most ambitious performance pay plan for the program in the country, grew at a historically low rate in fiscal year 2013, the state Medicaid agency reported last Friday.

• Illinois Supreme Court Backs Parental Notification for Abortions
• Jul. 15, 2013
• The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a 1995 law that requires doctors to notify parents of girls younger than 17 who seek an abortion.

• New Abortion Restrictions Will Bring Heated Court Battle
• Jul. 15, 2013
• Newly passed abortion restrictions adopted in Texas is the latest in a series of state-level political fights triggering a frenzy of legal action that could determine how much access to abortion services American women have in the future.

• Farm Bill Passes House with Food-Stamp Program Stripped Out
• Jul. 12, 2013
• The White House late Wednesday said it would veto the 608-page farm bill because it omitted SNAP spending and did not "contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms."

• North Carolina House Passes Abortion Bill
• Jul. 12, 2013
• A strategy that has been used to close abortion clinics in other states by imposing new regulations on them was approved in a contentious bill in the state House on Wednesday.