Addressing maternal health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native communities will require identifying data gaps ...

The budget bill would create millions of newly uninsured, increase consumers’ premiums, and impose new barriers on Americans’ ...

A new strategy takes a step toward creating systems that understand and address family caregivers’ needs, building on ...

Attendees wait in line to enter a free health care clinic hosted by the Liberty and Health Alliance in Asheville, N.C., on June 6, 2025. The House-passed version of the Congressional reconciliation ...

The United States is the only wealthy nation in which a large proportion of people lack health insurance coverage. We should all be able to get and afford the health care we need, when we need it. We ...

Staff from the San José Clinic, which operates two charitable clinics for uninsured patients in and around Houston, Texas, shared their experiences responding to heat waves and hurricanes.Run largely ...

Abstract. Issue: During the COVID-19 pandemic, most states issued lockdown orders that closed many workplaces. The ensuing job losses may have left millions of workers without employer health coverage ...

Maryland: A Real-World Experiment in Global Budgeting. Maryland, home to 6 million people, has a demonstration contract with CMS through which hospitals operate under global budgets set by a state ...

Scorecard Highlights. Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire top the 2023 State Scorecard rankings for health system performance, based on 58 measures of health care access, quality, use of services ...

Abstract. Issue: State legislators continue to pursue reforms aimed at reducing health care costs. But the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) threatens enforcement of state laws ...

JOEL BERVELL: “Do as much as possible for the patient, as little as possible to the patient.” That’s a credo that makes sense to me, and probably a lot of doctors and other health care workers. So why ...