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People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. āEvery day the anxiety builds,ā one beneficiary told Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News.
For the second year in a row, medical school graduates across specialties are shying away from applying for residency training in states with abortion bans or significant restrictions, according to a new study. Meanwhile, Medicareās trustees report that the program will be able to pay its bills longer than expected ā which could discourage Congress from acting to address the programās long-term financial woes. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health and Politico Magazine, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nursesā workloads ā but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
Cattle across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isnāt spreading among people ā but if it evolves to do that, fears of another pandemic could be realized.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has long given vets who served in Vietnam disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange harm. But those exposed at U.S. bases are still waiting for the same benefits.
Florida has served as a haven for Southern pregnant women with little or no access to abortions. But the Florida Supreme Court upheld a six-week abortion restriction that begins in May ā so now women across much of the South seeking abortions will have to look farther afield.
The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.
The broad availability of over-the-counter dental products containing fluoride has some community leaders arguing that its addition to public drinking water is no longer necessary. But public health experts worry that, much like vaccines, fluoridation may be a victim of its own success.
More doctors are integrating oral health care into their practices, filling a need in Americaās dental deserts.
Insurance agents say itās too easy to access consumer information on the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace. Policyholders can lose their doctors and access to prescriptions. Some end up owing back taxes.
The end goal for a conservative Christian groupās mifepristone case before the Supreme Court: a de facto nationwide abortion ban.
Price worries, bureaucratic obstacles, and āIām-over-covid-itisā slow uptake of a drug thatās complicated to take but often effective.
The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening regulation of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices. The agency is trying to balance the interests of the health care industry supply chain with those of communities where the gas creates airborne health risks.
South Dakota allows doctors to terminate a pregnancy only if a patientās life is in jeopardy. Lawmakers say a government-created video would clarify what that exception actually means.
A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out of reach.
While many Republican state lawmakers remain firmly against Medicaid expansion, some key leaders in holdout states are showing a willingness to reconsider. Public opinion, financial incentives, and widening health care needs make resistance harder.
Doctors, patients, and hospitals have railed for years about the prior authorization processes that health insurers use to decide whether theyāll pay for patientsā drugs or medical procedures. The Biden administration announced a crackdown in January, but some state lawmakers are looking to go further.
After the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion and many states banned the procedure, reproductive health care organizations hired dozens of people to help patients arrange travel and pay for care.
The designers of the Affordable Care Act might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions of Americans would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didnāt reckon with Americaās ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.
Californiaās governor vetoed a bill extending insurance coverage for kids with hearing loss, but most states now require it.
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