• A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work.

    As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.

  • Federal budget 2024: What lies ahead for Canada’s health-care system?

    With the unveiling of the 2024 federal budget Tuesday, Canadians may be anxiously awaiting insights into the plans for tackling the strains on the health-care system.

  • Cuba bets on homeopathy in health care

    Havana, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is betting on the application of homeopathy, which due to its potential and impact on health and life quality is a valid therapeutic care system in Cuba, local media reported. The post Cuba bets on homeopathy in health care first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Q&A: Explaining the health care coverage gap

    Lawmakers and advocates regularly refer to Mississippians without health insurance who are in the “coverage gap.” But what is the coverage gap, and why does it exist?

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    Black, disabled and dealing with the maze of health care

    Adults with disabilities face delays in accessing medical equipment and supplies, which can lead to worsening health outcomes, chronic pain, and mental health issues, according to a new Urban Institute report.

  • Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity

    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are ramping up probes into health care cybersecurity following the Change Healthcare ransomware attack earlier this year. © AP The attack on Change

  • Alaska lawmakers pass operating, capital budgets

    (The Center Square) - The Alaska Senate passed the $450 million capital budget on Friday afternoon, a day after the House of Representatives passed the $12.3 billion mental health and operating budget. The operating budget includes $3.5 billion in federal funds and $984 million in designated general funds. Undesignated general funds account for $6 billion of the budget. A $680 increase in the base student allocation is part of the $174.6 million in one-time...

  • Northland Plastic Surgery moves to health care hub

    The independent practice is expanding services after its relocation to Arrowpointe Medical Center.

  • Kansas Governor Vetoes Trans Health Care Ban

    Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill banning gender-affirming treatments for minors, all but daring Republicans to override it.

  • Health Care to Change for Thousands of People Under New Bill

    Democratic lawmakers Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Andy Kim have partnered up with Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans to introduce legislation aiming to give army reservists and members of the National Guard that also work for the federal government options on the type of health care plans they can receive.The bill, which could impact thousands of federal employees that are also in the U.S. Army, plans to give this group of Americans the ability to decide whether they want military or civilian...

  • Maine lawmakers feuding over late-night budget changes

    (The Center Square) — Maine Republicans are blasting last-minute decisions to a supplemental budget made by a Democratic-led appropriations committee "under the cover of darkness" and calling for the ouster of the chairwoman. Early Saturday morning, the Legislature's Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs approved several changes to the spending plan that were introduced only minutes before the panel approved them in a party-line vote after rejecting Republican...

  • Private equity's role in health care is under increasing scrutiny

    A Senate committee and two federal agencies are taking closer looks at how private equity’s ownership of hospitals and physician staffing companies is affecting health care.