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North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kidsâ guardians scrambling to find health care providers.
This week, the CDC began to publish long-awaited data that will reveal the extent of measlesâ comeback. While applauding the science, researchers say the Trump administration has done little to contain the virus. âThat weâre even talking about this is nuts,â one virologist said.
Federal health officials have ordered states to reverify the immigration status of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees. After seven months, findings from five states show the reviews have uncovered few immigrants without legal status who are improperly receiving benefits.
The administration has largely converted the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement into an arm of immigration enforcement, detaining children longer while helping immigration officers arrest their parents or other family members. One father was chained when he went to an ICE office to discuss being reunited with his son and daughter.
Costs keep many Americans, even those with insurance, from getting dental care. Understanding how dental insurance works and leaning into preventive care can help keep dental problems â and bills â manageable.
Some states have tried to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of deceptive practices. But now conservative lawmakers are pushing legislation to increase protections for the organizations, which work to dissuade women from abortions.
Trump administration officials say the state allows rampant fraud and have promised to investigate, blaming the âRussian, Armenian mafiaâ in the hospice and home health care industry. But data shows hotbeds of health care fraud throughout the country, with California outperforming most other states in recovering fraud dollars.
The worldâs largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators can help diagnose and treat mental illness.
Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking when potential organ donors provide consent or change their minds.
Amid falling birth rates and presidential approval numbers, the Department of Health and Human Services convened doctors, tech executives, and influencers to discuss womenâs health. Panelists criticized reliance on birth control pills to treat health problems and encouraged doctors to talk with girls about whether they want to have babies.
A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies â and other initiatives that have been high on the Make America Healthy Again to-do list â threatens to upset a key voting bloc.
Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone, can scar human lungs beyond repair. Kitchen countertops made with this stone have triggered an increased rate of this fatal illness, doctors say.
President Donald Trumpâs immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services.
Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administrationâs $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved statesâ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.
A growing body of evidence indicates that immigrants in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement face medical consequences because of serious gaps in basic health care services. Itâs adding to the political backlash against the Trump administrationâs aggressive deportation policies.
As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers whoâve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.
A revolt is afoot in both red and blue states against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations â and against efforts led by President Donald Trump to tie statesâ hands.
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Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more likely to disrupt coverage for middle-aged adults, harming their physical and financial health.
Experts say Affordable Care Act sign-up data wonât be clear until people who were enrolled have paid â or haven't paid â their new, often much higher, premiums.
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