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

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

In North Carolina, eligibility for Medicaid and other social services is completed by county staff, which consists of 100 ...

Abstract. Issue: Recent debates about reducing federal support for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid eligibility expansion have focused on federal spending cuts, how states might respond, and ...

Congressional Republicans are considering making major funding cuts to Medicaid, the primary payer in the United States for long-term services and supports (LTSS). LTSS include services delivered in ...

To help people afford plans sold in the health insurance marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also sometimes called Obamacare) provides low- and middle-income individuals with premium tax ...

Provisional data show that drug overdoses in the United States claimed more than 100,000 lives for a third consecutive year in 2023 — a more than 50 percent jump since 2019. By a substantial margin, ...

While all countries in this analysis offer health care coverage to older adults, the amount beneficiaries are required to spend out of pocket for health services — including prescription medications, ...

Highlights. Mortality: As of 2022, women in the U.S. had the lowest life expectancy of 80 years compared to women in other high-income countries.As of 2021, women in the U.S. had the highest rate of ...

In the United States, women’s access to health care — including abortion and reproductive services, which were significantly limited by the overturning of Roe v.Wade — depends, in large part, on the ...