One woman fights to open a birth center, but obstacles are everywhere : Shots
Katie Chubb, a community organizer, stands in an empty lot in Augusta, Ga., where she’s been trying to…
Health insurance companies raise premiums at record pace in 2026 after the GOP budget bill
We just got a preview of the likely consequences of the “big, beautiful bill” passed by Republicans in…
Mass. insurance regulators reject some premium increases sought by health insurers
July 21, 2025 Chris Lisinski, State House News Service State health insurance regulators rejected a pair of proposed…
Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions Across the States: Enacted Reconciliation Package
On July 4, President Trump signed into law a budget reconciliation package once called the “One Big, Beautiful…
Tenet raises 2025 expectations, but dodges questions about policy impacts
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Most Consumers Find Prior Authorization Is a Major Problem
About three-quarters of American consumers feel insurer prior authorization (PA) requirements are a problem, according to a survey…
The urgency of tackling health care affordability
OUR STATE has a chance to make big changes in our health care system right now – the…
How Japan and the U.S. can collaborate for better health care
The United States and Japan, while separated by geography, language, and culture, share more in common than first…
Key Trends, Strains, and Policy Needs
The 2025 edition of Caregiving in the US, released by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, reveals a…
National Disability Groups Condemn Executive Order Taking Away Civil Liberties
July 24, 2025 — The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the National Disability Rights Network, the Center…