Lawmakers in at least eight states are proposing bans or tighter limits as garnishment hits thousands of patients each year and federal protections recede.
State officials intentionally timed new limits on soda and candy purchases to begin on Ash Wednesday as part of a health-focused push.
Alabama’s central data repository enables coordinated action across health, law enforcement and governmental agencies.
New federal rules give states just months to begin spending and prove results to secure future funding.
For-profit programs proliferated as oversight lagged and exam pass rates sank.
The number of people buying health plans on Obamacare insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released this week.
The federal Rural Health Transformation Program will grant $50 billion to states to expand access to health care. Here’s where state applications stand.
New federal guidance calls for reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children from 17 down to 11. At least 17 states have announced they’ll disregard it.
Officials hope the move helps them ease a doctor shortage.
Nurses from some of the city’s leading hospitals went on strike early Monday, with labor and management unable to reach a deal that would pay nurses more, provide better security and ensure minimum staffing.
The more flexible approach some doctors are taking clashes with traditional views of how to treat people with addiction.
Worker-owned cooperatives and direct-connect registries are reducing turnover and reshaping how older adults get care at home.
Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten progress.
The new CalRx insulin will hit the market in January at $55 a month, part of a broader state effort to rein in drug costs.
One Social Security number was found to have been used for 125 policies in 2023.
The law was designed to rein in pharmacy benefit managers and stabilize local pharmacies, but officials say limited oversight and slow implementation have blunted its impact.
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