Oregon has enacted a law that's the first of its kind, protecting doctors from corporate interference over medical decision-making.
In recent years, conservatives have championed family-friendly workplace policies as “pro-life” measures.
Washington and the states don’t run the program. Contractors do.
Private equity firms have acquired more than 1,000 disability and elder care providers in recent years. Some have been accused of patient harm.
The study is meant to answer doubts about the expensive proposal, which has already been rejected by voters. Separately, Gov. Jared Polis also signed bills guaranteeing access to emergency care.
The South accounts for nearly half the nation's new HIV diagnoses. Prevention programs are trying to stem the tide, and in Dallas County, they're working — but now they're facing funding cuts.
Gov. Ron DeSantis described the change as a blow for freedom of choice, but dental and health experts warn that the ban will lead to bad outcomes.
Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to believe the false claim that measles vaccines contribute to autism and far more likely to believe the vaccine is worse than the disease.
The causes of these alarming gaps in equitable access to emergency care are complex. Fixing the problem won’t come from patchwork efforts or temporary fixes.
By cutting out middlemen and dealing directly with pharmacies, Ohio’s Medicaid system saved money even as it dramatically increased payments to pharmacists.
Programs in Colorado and Illinois home in on finding and supporting health-care practitioners willing to work — and hopefully remain — in underserved rural areas.
Voters in three states enshrined Medicaid expansions in their state constitutions. Those states could be on the hook if Congress cuts program funding significantly.
Congress and some red states are pushing for work requirements but most recipients already work. Medicaid and other state programs typically don’t offer job assistance or training.
The program has grown far beyond its original target populations. Congress needs to pare it back.
Proposals to cut Medicaid will not only end coverage for millions but undermine the health-care system as a whole.
Cities and states battling the measles outbreak feel undermined by federal health spending cuts.
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