Wyoming Governor Explains Why He Changed His Mind on Medicaid Expansion
Expanding Medicaid coverage in Wyoming is the right thing to do, Gov. Matt Mead told a group of like-minded residents Monday.
View ArticleWhile Homeless Veterans Get Housing, Rest Are Left in the Cold
Veteran homelessness has dropped sharply, thanks to cities’ efforts and new funds from the Obama administration. But most people living on the streets aren’t veterans.
View ArticleState and Local Health Spending Flat in First Year of Medicaid Expansion
Health care spending by state and local governments changed by the second smallest rate on record in 2014, a year in which millions of Americans gained health insurance through the Affordable Care...
View ArticleFeds Approve Alabama's Switch to Medicaid Managed Care
The federal government gave Alabama the go-ahead to change the delivery of Medicaid and move to a managed care system advocates hope will control cost growth and lead to better outcomes.
View ArticleThe Latest Tax Battle in States Is Over Tampons
Bills to make feminine hygiene products tax-exempt have been introduced in several states this year. So far, the legislation has already failed in one.
View ArticleFlint Residents Get Unexpected Phone Calls From Gov. Snyder
Fears over eating produce from gardens in Flint fed by suspect water. The plight of children who drank city water but now live elsewhere. A lack of information about how to survive when lead-tainted...
View ArticleKasich Vows to Approve Planned Parenthood Cuts
As Gov. John Kasich moves on to the South Carolina primary, he will soon sign a Planned Parenthood defunding bill that could help boost his conservative bona fides.
View ArticleFor Addicts, Life-Saving Drugs Often Have Long Waiting Lists
After more than a decade of getting high on illicit opioid painkillers and heroin every day, Christopher Dezotelle decided to quit. He saw too many people overdose and die. “I couldn’t do that to my...
View ArticleEx-Kentucky Governor Launches Campaign to Stop His Successor's Health Policies
Barely two months out of office, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday launched a campaign to try to stop his successor, Gov. Matt Bevin, from dismantling the health care initiatives he...
View ArticleHow Shopping Around Can Hold Down Health Costs
State policies that require more price transparency could give consumers a powerful tool.
View ArticleTelemedicine Advances Faster Than States Can Keep Up
The explosion of online health-care apps and providers has forced states to face tough questions -- many of which they have yet to find an answer to.
View ArticleMonths Following Shooting, Colorado Planned Parenthood Reopens to Patients...
With exterior walls still carrying the bullet scars of a Nov. 27 shooting that killed three, the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic reopened for business on Monday.
View ArticleAfter Abortion Restrictions Pass, Kentucky Lawmaker Proposes Limiting Men's...
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
View ArticleThe Imminent Death of Smoking in Public Housing
The federal government wants to ban smoking in public housing nationwide. It could save millions of dollars, but that doesn't allay some cities' concerns.
View ArticleTexas Takes Steps to Protect Immigrants
The state's child protection agency will now license immigrant family detention centers, all but guaranteeing that the two Texas facilities housing thousands of mothers and children will remain open.
View ArticleFederal Funding Ban on Needle Exchanges Lifted
At precisely 8:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, the doors to the needle exchange on Skid Row open and the daily procession of injection drug users begins.
View ArticleA Scientist-Lawmaker’s Case for GMO Labeling
There are real health and environmental concerns, and labeling is a reasonable response to them.
View ArticleIn Freddie Gray’s Neighborhood, the Best Medical Care Is Close But Elusive
The Baltimore health system put Robert Peace back together after a car crash shattered his pelvis. Then it nearly killed him, he says.
View Article2 States Launch Social Impact Bond Programs
Two states announced Tuesday that they would experiment with an unusual method of financing human service programs that allows governments to pay nothing unless the programs are successful.
View ArticleScott Walker Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding
Gov. Scott Walker signed two bills Thursday that cut by several million dollars a year the amount of public money that goes to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
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