Even in Blue States, Hospitals Have Continued To Drop Gender-Affirming Care for Youths

One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who was assigned fem...

Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, fo...

Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally lib...

Democrats Keep Healthcare at the Fore

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Democrats Seek To Spotlight Rising Health Costs by Forcing Vote on Trump Regulation

In a move that mixes pure politics with weedy congressional procedures, Senate Democrats are seeking to force a vote to overturn a Tru...

Backed by Threat of Clawbacks, Feds Wield Tight Grip on $50B Rural Health Fund

In Maine, state health officials hoped to steer a slice of $190 million in new federal rural health funding to shield hospitals and cl...

California Health Worker Union, Hospital Association Tout Dueling Ballot Initiatives

The issue of affordability has reignited a long-simmering battle between California’s medical industry and one of its largest health w...