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A self-employed handyman chose not to buy health insurance. Now, with his savings exhausted and health problems that may lead to blindness, The Charlotte Observer blogs about how his case poses economic, as well as moral challenges.
Even as end-of-life planning gains favor with more Americans, African-Americans, research shows, remain very聽skeptical of options like hospice and advance directives. The result can mean more aggressive, painful care at the end of life that prolongs suffering.
Like wellness programs in the private sector, more than a dozen states are offering incentives to Medicaid enrollees to spur them to make healthier decisions -- and potentially save taxpayers money.
In response to an HIV outbreak of historic proportions, Indiana鈥檚 legislature passed a bill permitting drug users in areas with disease outbreaks to trade used needles for clean ones. Sarah Varney reports for KHN and PBS NewsHour from Austin, Indiana.
A teen from a Taiwanese immigrant family struggles with depression as her mother worries and tries to understand. Asian American families like this one often have trouble seeking and finding appropriate treatment.
Wynne Lee, 17, struggled with depression and cultural expectations for several years. The teen from Diamond Bar, California, is like many kids from Asian American families who often have trouble finding appropriate treatment.
Two years after the marathon bombing, Martha and Alvaro Galvis still suffer from physical wounds and emotional pain.
The American Lung Association study finds that few insurers fully cover all seven FDA-approved devices to help smokers quit the habit, but insurers dispute the findings.
The state Senate health committee passed the bill after a debate that drew several hundred protesters to Sacramento.
More people are getting insurance coverage for addiction treatment, but there鈥檚 already a shortage of trained professionals.
A Texas lawmaker, also a surgeon, wants to ensure doctors 鈥榟ave the right not to ask鈥 about gun ownership and is pushing a bill to do just that.
Roughly 90,000 Texans living along the Texas-Mexico border in unincorporated 鈥榗olonias鈥 don鈥檛 have running water in their homes.
Often considered less important than technical skills, having a good bedside manner is important to helping patients and can lead to better outcomes.
The lethal infection is one of three that the CDC says urgently require close monitoring and prevention to halt their spread.
A 2014 survey finds low-income California residents are happier with the quality of care they received than in 2011, before many provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect.
Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill to eliminate a 鈥減ersonal belief exemption鈥 used by parents to sidestep a school vaccination requirement.
A California child in remission from leukemia cannot be vaccinated because his immune system is rebuilding after chemotherapy. The family, which lives in a school district where 7 percent of the children are not vaccinated under a "personal belief exemption," is asking school officials to have all kids be vaccinated or stay home from school during the measles outbreak.
With one in 12 residents estimated to suffer from diabetes, California spends less on prevention per person than any other state, according to a state audit.
Though not as harmful as smoking regular cigarettes, 鈥榲aping鈥 is both toxic and gaining in popularity, especially among young people, California officials say.
With the growth of the hospice industry, consumers have a number of choices for end-of-life care. Here鈥檚 a primer to help be prepared.
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